Published in Ann Surg on July 01, 2014
Extent of surgery affects survival for papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 4.73
National failure to operate on early stage pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 3.65
Small bowel cancer in the United States: changes in epidemiology, treatment, and survival over the last 20 years. Ann Surg (2009) 3.07
Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals. Ann Surg (2009) 3.05
Gastric cancer, version 2.2013: featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2013) 3.03
Laparoscopic versus open left pancreatectomy: can preoperative factors indicate the safer technique? Ann Surg (2011) 2.87
Validation of the 6th edition AJCC Pancreatic Cancer Staging System: report from the National Cancer Database. Cancer (2007) 2.85
Veterans' access to and use of Medicare and Veterans Affairs health care. Med Care (2007) 2.78
Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.74
Expression of RORγt marks a pathogenic regulatory T cell subset in human colon cancer. Sci Transl Med (2012) 2.62
Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis. Arch Surg (2010) 2.53
Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.46
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure. JAMA (2013) 2.31
Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure. Ann Surg (2013) 2.18
Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased survival in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a multi-institutional study. J Gastrointest Surg (2014) 2.15
The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 2.12
Use and outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2008) 2.10
Adrenocortical carcinoma in the United States: treatment utilization and prognostic factors. Cancer (2008) 2.09
Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma and potential opportunities for improvement. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 2.08
Statin use and lower extremity amputation risk in nonelderly diabetic patients. J Vasc Surg (2013) 2.05
Surgical considerations for the management and resection of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.04
Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2011) 2.03
The population value of quality indicator reporting: a framework for prioritizing health care performance measures. Health Aff (Millwood) (2014) 1.98
Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 1.92
Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.90
Prognostic score predicting survival after resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 3851 patients. Ann Surg (2008) 1.90
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.84
Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Arch Surg (2009) 1.83
A multicenter analysis of distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma: is laparoscopic resection appropriate? J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.83
Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.83
Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals. Surgery (2010) 1.77
Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.75
Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement. Surgery (2010) 1.74
Variability in length of stay after colorectal surgery: assessment of 182 hospitals in the national surgical quality improvement program. Ann Surg (2009) 1.70
Multimodality therapy for pancreatic cancer in the U.S. : utilization, outcomes, and the effect of hospital volume. Cancer (2007) 1.63
Predicting aggressive behavior in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Surgery (2013) 1.62
Pancreatectomy risk calculator: an ACS-NSQIP resource. HPB (Oxford) (2010) 1.61
Complete lymph node dissection for sentinel node-positive melanoma: assessment of practice patterns in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.60
Wait times for cancer surgery in the United States: trends and predictors of delays. Ann Surg (2011) 1.59
Using the NCDB for cancer care improvement: an introduction to available quality assessment tools. J Surg Oncol (2009) 1.58
Perioperative outcomes and amputation-free survival after lower extremity bypass surgery in California hospitals, 1996-1999, with follow-up through 2004. J Vasc Surg (2009) 1.58
Effect of postoperative complications on adjuvant chemotherapy use for stage III colon cancer. Ann Surg (2013) 1.56
Risk-based selective referral for cancer surgery: a potential strategy to improve perioperative outcomes. Ann Surg (2010) 1.53
Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers, version 1.2015. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2015) 1.52
Cancer recurrence: an important but missing variable in national cancer registries. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 1.52
Incidence of functional limitation in older adults: the impact of gender, race, and chronic conditions. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2002) 1.52
In colorectal cancer mast cells contribute to systemic regulatory T-cell dysfunction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.47
Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas in the United States: prognostic factors and comparison to ductal adenocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg (2008) 1.47
A multi-institutional perspective of complication rates for elective nonreconstructive breast surgery: an analysis of NSQIP data from 2006 to 2010. Aesthet Surg J (2013) 1.47
A six-gene signature predicts survival of patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. PLoS Med (2010) 1.46
Effect of hospital volume on margin status after pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.46
Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2012) 1.46
Crosstalk between mast cells and pancreatic cancer cells contributes to pancreatic tumor progression. Clin Cancer Res (2010) 1.46
Relevance of the c-statistic when evaluating risk-adjustment models in surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.45
Application of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma staging system to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.44
The role of Surgical Champions in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--a national survey. J Surg Res (2010) 1.43
The significant role of mast cells in cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev (2011) 1.42
Clinicopathologic features and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 9,821 patients. J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 1.41
National survey of adult transplant hepatologists on the pediatric-to-adult care transition after liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2015) 1.41
Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.40
Effect of body mass index on short-term outcomes after colectomy for cancer. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.39
Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm size using CT volumetry, spherical and ellipsoid formulas: validation study. JOP (2014) 1.38
Association of surgical care improvement project infection-related process measure compliance with risk-adjusted outcomes: implications for quality measurement. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.38
Three-dimensional collagen I promotes gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer through MT1-MMP-mediated expression of HMGA2. Cancer Res (2010) 1.38
Melanoma Sentinel-Node Metastasis. N Engl J Med (2017) 1.37
Gastric cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2010) 1.35
Pancreatic cancer cells respond to type I collagen by inducing snail expression to promote membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase-dependent collagen invasion. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.35
Contribution of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells to pancreatic cancer progression. J Surg Res (2011) 1.31
Effect of surgeon training, specialization, and experience on outcomes for cancer surgery: a systematic review of the literature. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.30
Effect of postdischarge morbidity and mortality on comparisons of hospital surgical quality. Ann Surg (2010) 1.30
Outcomes and prognostic factors for squamous-cell carcinoma of the anal canal: analysis of patients from the National Cancer Data Base. Dis Colon Rectum (2009) 1.29
A prospective single institution comparison of peri-operative outcomes for laparoscopic and open distal pancreatectomy. Surgery (2009) 1.27
Age and racial/ethnic disparities in arthritis-related hip and knee surgeries. Med Care (2008) 1.26
Accuracy of staging node-negative pancreas cancer: a potential quality measure. Arch Surg (2007) 1.25
Adding days spent in readmission to the initial postoperative length of stay limits the perceived benefit of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy when compared with open distal pancreatectomy. Am J Surg (2011) 1.25
Surgeons' perceptions of public reporting of hospital and individual surgeon quality. Med Care (2013) 1.22
Adequacy and importance of lymph node evaluation for colon cancer in the elderly. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.20
Laparoscopic-assisted vs. open colectomy for cancer: comparison of short-term outcomes from 121 hospitals. J Gastrointest Surg (2008) 1.18
Charcot arthropathy risk elevation in the obese diabetic population. Am J Med (2008) 1.18
Post-discharge venous thromboembolism after cancer surgery: extending the case for extended prophylaxis. Ann Surg (2011) 1.17
Risk of morbidity and mortality following hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. J Gastrointest Surg (2012) 1.16
Validation of new readmission data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.15
Impact of tumor location on nodal evaluation for colon cancer. Dis Colon Rectum (2008) 1.15
Apigenin inhibits pancreatic cancer cell proliferation through G2/M cell cycle arrest. Mol Cancer (2006) 1.14
Overexpression of 5-lipoxygenase in colon polyps and cancer and the effect of 5-LOX inhibitors in vitro and in a murine model. Clin Cancer Res (2008) 1.14
Utilization of total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer in the United States. Surgery (2007) 1.13
Mast cell 5-lipoxygenase activity promotes intestinal polyposis in APCDelta468 mice. Cancer Res (2011) 1.13
Interplay between β1-integrin and Rho signaling regulates differential scattering and motility of pancreatic cancer cells by snail and Slug proteins. J Biol Chem (2012) 1.12
Minimal modeling approaches to value of information analysis for health research. Med Decis Making (2011) 1.12