2019
Differential Safety Between Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates for Complex Cancer Surgery
Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Chiu AS, Brown LB, Herrin J, Blasberg JD, Kim AW, Boffa DJ. Differential Safety Between Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e191912. PMID: 30977848, PMCID: PMC6481444, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cancer surgeryCancer surgeryCancer HospitalMedicare beneficiariesCancer NetworkRelative safetyStandardized mortality ratioComplex cancer careCross-sectional studyTop-ranked hospitalsMedicaid Services 100Hierarchical logistic regressionPerioperative mortalityAffiliated HospitalCancer careMortality ratioOdds ratioMAIN OUTCOMESurgeryHospitalReview filesDifferential safetyLogistic regressionMortalityMedicare providersBig data, big contributions: outcomes research in thoracic surgery
Resio BJ, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD. Big data, big contributions: outcomes research in thoracic surgery. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: s566-s573. PMID: 31032075, PMCID: PMC6465425, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.04.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
US Public Perceptions About Cancer Care Provided by Smaller Hospitals Associated With Large Hospitals Recognized for Specializing in Cancer Care
Chiu AS, Resio B, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Blasberg JD, White MA, Boffa DJ. US Public Perceptions About Cancer Care Provided by Smaller Hospitals Associated With Large Hospitals Recognized for Specializing in Cancer Care. JAMA Oncology 2018, 4: 1008-1009. PMID: 29852033, PMCID: PMC6145726, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1400.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population
Joseph S, Harrington R, Walter D, Goldberg JD, Li X, Beck A, Litton T, Hirsch N, Blasberg J, Slomiany M, Rom W, Pass H, Donington J. Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population. Cancer Biomarkers 2012, 12: 177-184. PMID: 23568008, PMCID: PMC3746829, DOI: 10.3233/cbm-130306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident cancerPlasma osteopontinNon-small cell lung cancer careLung cancer careCase-control studySerial plasmaNSCLC patientsCT screeningSurveillance intervalsCancer careLung cancerPlasma levelsWilcoxon Signed Rank TestDisease statusCancerSigned Rank TestBenign nodulesSecreted phosphoproteinCTRank testOsteopontinEarly evidenceNSCLCPatientsNSCLCs