Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

ASO Author Reflections: An Alternative to Centralization for Complex Cancer Operations

  • ASO Author Reflections
  • Published:
Annals of Surgical Oncology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Luft HS, Bunker JP, Enthoven AC. Should operations be regionalized? The empirical relation between surgical volume and mortality. New Engl J Med. 1979;301(25):1364–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Birkmeyer JD, Stukel TA, Siewers AE, Goodney PP, Wennberg DE, Lucas FL. Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States. New Engl J Med. 2003;349(22):2117–27.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Nguyen YL, Wallace DJ, Yordanov Y, Trinquart L, Blomkvist J, Angus DC, et al. The volume-outcome relationship in critical care. Chest. 2015;148(1):79–92.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Liu JH, Zingmond DS, McGory ML, SooHoo NF, Ettner SL, Brook RH, et al. Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery. JAMA. 2006;296(16):1973–80.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Romatoski KS, Chung SH, de Gues SWL, Papgeorge MV, Woods AP, Rasic G, et al. Combined high-volume common complex cancer operations safeguard long-term survival in a low-volume individual cancer operation setting. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13680-4.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Kelsey S. Romatoski MD & Teviah E. Sachs MD, MPH, FACS

  2. Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kelsey S. Romatoski MD

Authors
  1. Kelsey S. Romatoski MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Teviah E. Sachs MD, MPH, FACS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Teviah E. Sachs MD, MPH, FACS.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Romatoski, K.S., Sachs, T.E. ASO Author Reflections: An Alternative to Centralization for Complex Cancer Operations. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 5361–5362 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13764-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13764-1

Search

Navigation