Importance Surgical resection remains the preferred treatment for functionally fit patients
diagnosed with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Process-based …

Highlights•Proposes the HASM to improve sarcoma care accessibility and coordination.•
Integrates digital platforms for real-time/real-world data exchange and advanced predictive …

Objective Regionalization of surgery for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to high-volume
centers (HVCs) improves perioperative outcomes but frequently increases patient travel …

Background There is persistent controversy surrounding the merit of surgical volume
benchmarks being used solely as a sufficient proxy for assessing the quality of open …

Simple Summary Sarcoma surgery is the cornerstone of sarcoma therapy, which is
organized highly multidisciplinarily. The critical determinant of tumor control depends on the …

Background Equitable access to care is a critical component of comprehensive surgical lung
cancer management. Despite this, quality measures (QMs) assessing preoperative access …

Objective: The aim was to develop and validate the Veterans Administration (VA) Lung
Cancer Mortality (VALCAN-M) score, a risk prediction model for 90-day mortality following …

Objective To better understand the association between high-volume surgical kidney cancer
centers and decreased mortality. To identify quality metrics that mediate this association …

Background Reducing readmissions is critical for improving patient care and lowering costs.
Despite this, few studies have assessed length of readmission following pulmonary …

Purpose To understand referral practices for rectal cancer surgical care and to secondarily
determine differences in referral practices by two main hypothesized drivers of referral: the …