2022
Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery
Bakkila BF, Kerekes D, Nunez-Smith M, Billingsley KG, Ahuja N, Wang K, Oladele C, Johnson CH, Khan SA. Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e225664. PMID: 35377425, PMCID: PMC8980937, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.5664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastrointestinal tract cancerNegative resection marginsTract cancerNegative surgical marginsBlack patientsAdequate lymphadenectomyWhite patientsQuality of careRacial disparitiesSurgical resectionResection marginsSurgical marginsSurgical careNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studySite of cancerLonger median survivalHealth careStandard of careCommon age rangeSignificant racial disparitiesAdjuvant chemotherapyBiliary resectionAdjuvant therapyAdult patients
2018
Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum
Zhu R, Liu F, Grisotti G, Pérez-Irizarry J, Cha CH, Johnson CH, Boffa DJ, Han D, Johung KL, Zhang Y, Khan SA. Distinctive features of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the colon and rectum. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2018, 9: 231-240. PMID: 29755761, PMCID: PMC5934147, DOI: 10.21037/jgo.2017.11.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRectal gastrointestinal stromal tumorGastric gastrointestinal stromal tumorsGastrointestinal stromal tumorsNational Cancer Data BaseAdjuvant therapyOverall survivalSystemic therapyStromal tumorsCases of GISTColonic gastrointestinal stromal tumorsSmall bowel originAdjuvant systemic therapyWorse overall survivalUnique clinicopathologic featuresBowel originTherapy prolongsClinical characteristicsPatient demographicsLocal excisionPrognostic factorsPropensity matchingSurgical treatmentTreatment guidelinesClinicopathologic featuresClinical care