2021
Pretreatment Invasive Nodal Staging in Lung Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Academic and Community Physicians
Henderson LM, Farjah F, Detterbeck F, Smith RA, Silvestri GA, Rivera MP. Pretreatment Invasive Nodal Staging in Lung Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Academic and Community Physicians. CHEST Journal 2021, 161: 826-832. PMID: 34801593, PMCID: PMC9069181, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive nodalGuideline adherenceGuideline recommendationsNodal stagingTreatment decisionsThoracic surgeonsNon-small cell lung cancerCell lung cancerBetter patient outcomesAppropriate treatment decisionsLung cancer knowledgeLack of evidenceChest PhysiciansTreatment delayCancer knowledgeLung cancerPatient anxietyPatient outcomesCommunity physiciansAmerican CollegeMost physiciansInsufficient evidenceRoutine practiceWeb-based surveyMultilevel interventions
2017
Extending the Reach of Evidence-Based Medicine A Proposed Categorization of Lower-Level Evidence
Detterbeck FC, Gould MK, Lewis SZ, Patel S. Extending the Reach of Evidence-Based Medicine A Proposed Categorization of Lower-Level Evidence. CHEST Journal 2017, 153: 498-506. PMID: 28923759, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians
Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Effectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians. Surgery 2017, 162: 640-651. PMID: 28697883, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsLung NeoplasmsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPneumonectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapyRegistriesRisk AssessmentSecondary PreventionSurvival AnalysisConceptsCell lung cancerLocal therapyLung cancerStage IRelative survivalStereotactic body radiation therapyNational Cancer DatabaseBetter overall survivalBody radiation therapyOlder patientsOverall survivalPatient ageYounger patientsOverall mortalityPrimary outcomeCancer DatabaseTreatment outcomesTreatment decisionsRadiation therapyPatientsTherapyCancerNonagenariansTreatmentSurvival