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SUBMITTER: Ezer N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946684 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ezer Nicole N Kale Minal M Sigel Keith K Lakha Sameer S Mhango Grace G Goodman Emily E Nicastri Daniel D Swanson Scott S Neugut Alfred A Wisnivesky Juan P JP
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 20180101 1
<h4>Rationale</h4>Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and open lobectomy are both standard of care for the treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) because of equivalent long-term survival.<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate whether the improved perioperative outcomes associated with VATS lobectomy are explained by surgeon characteristics, including case volume and specialty training.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare-linked ...[more]