2020
Navigating by Stars: Using CMS Star Ratings to Choose Hospitals for Complex Cancer Surgery
Papageorge MV, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Canavan M, Pathak R, Mase VJ, Dhanasopon AP, Hoag JR, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Navigating by Stars: Using CMS Star Ratings to Choose Hospitals for Complex Cancer Surgery. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2020, 4: pkaa059-. PMID: 33134834, PMCID: PMC7583163, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComplex cancer surgeryCMS star ratingsCancer surgerySafe hospitalReassignment of patientsMedicare Provider AnalysisYears of ageHospital mortalitySurgical outcomesSurgical careMedicare beneficiariesMortality ratePatientsSurgeryHospitalHospital qualityReview filesMedicaid ServicesMortalityOnly modest impactOutcomesStar ratingsModest impactYears
2019
P2.04-88 Surgical Outcomes of a Multicenter Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stages IB-IIIB NSCLC: Update on LCMC3 Clinical Trial
Lee J, Chaft J, Nicholas A, Patterson G, Waqar S, Toloza E, Haura E, Raz D, Reckamp K, Merritt R, Owen D, Finley D, Mcnamee C, Blasberg J, Garon E, Mitchell J, Doebele R, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass H, Johnson A, Phan S, Schulze K, Bunn P, Johnson B, Kris M, Kwiatkowski D, Wistuba I, Carbone D, Rusch V. P2.04-88 Surgical Outcomes of a Multicenter Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stages IB-IIIB NSCLC: Update on LCMC3 Clinical Trial. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: s744. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1593.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Chapter 18 The Role of Sex and Gender in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Balaram S, Blasberg J. Chapter 18 The Role of Sex and Gender in Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2010, 200-212. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374271-1.00018-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery bypass surgeryRisk factorsCardiothoracic surgeryArtery bypass surgeryCoronary artery atherosclerosisSex differencesPostoperative mortalityArtery atherosclerosisBypass patientsBypass surgeryCoronary surgeryPoor outcomeSurgical interventionSurgical outcomesSurgical dataNational registryRevascularization studiesCardiac diseaseHormonal factorsRole of sexNumber of womenSurgeryConsistent findingWomenOutcomes