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Outcomes Research in Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics - E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
In this issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Guest Editor Clifford Ko, MD has assembled the top experts concerning Outcomes Research in Oncology. Topics in this issue will include: Currently Available Quality Initiatives in Surgical Oncology; Variation in Mortality After High Risk Cancer Surgery: Failure to Rescue; Readmission as a Quality Measure Following High Risk Cancer Surgery; Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgical Oncology: Where Do We Stand?; Lymph Node Staging in GI Malignancies; Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care; Patient Safety in Surgical Oncology: Perspective from the Operating Room; Value Based Health Care: A Surgical Oncologist Perspective; Monitoring the Delivery of Cancer Care: Commission on Cancer and National Cancer Data Base; Prediction Tools in Surgical Oncology; Collaboration With the Community Cancer Center: Benefit for All; and Evaluating the Appropriateness of Cancer Care in the United States.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America: Outcomes Research in Surgical Oncology | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | vii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA | xi | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Preface: Outcomes Research in Surgical Oncology | xv | ||
| Chapter 1. Currently Available Quality Improvement Initiatives in Surgical Oncology | 367 | ||
| DEFINING QUALITY CANCER CARE | 368 | ||
| CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CANCER QUALITY MEASURES | 369 | ||
| PROGRAMS MEASURING CANCER CARE QUALITY | 370 | ||
| FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 373 | ||
| SUMMARY | 373 | ||
| REFERENCES | 373 | ||
| Chapter 2. Monitoring the Delivery of Cancer Care: Commission on Cancer and National Cancer Data Base | 377 | ||
| NCDB-CANCER REGISTRY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION | 378 | ||
| FUTURE WORK OF THE CoC AND NCDB | 386 | ||
| REFERENCES | 386 | ||
| Chapter 3. Variation in Mortality After High-Risk Cancer Surgery: Failure to Rescue | 389 | ||
| UNDERSTANDING WIDE VARIATIONS IN SURGICAL MORTALITY | 390 | ||
| RECENT ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE | 390 | ||
| UNDERSTANDING FAILURE TO RESCUE | 391 | ||
| FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 393 | ||
| REFERENCES | 394 | ||
| Chapter 4. Unexpected Readmissions After Major Cancer Surgery: An Evaluation of Readmissions as a Quality-of-Care Indicator | 397 | ||
| SUMMARY | 402 | ||
| REFERENCES | 404 | ||
| Chapter 5. Importance of and Adherence to Lymph Node Staging Standards in Gastrointestinal Cancer | 407 | ||
| HISTORY | 408 | ||
| COLON CANCER | 408 | ||
| RECTAL CANCER | 409 | ||
| PANCREATIC CANCER | 410 | ||
| GASTRIC CANCER | 412 | ||
| ESOPHAGEAL CANCER | 412 | ||
| SUMMARY | 413 | ||
| REFERENCES | 414 | ||
| Chapter 6. Racial Differences and Disparities in Cancer Care and Outcomes: Where’s the Rub? | 417 | ||
| RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN CANCER OUTCOMES: SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM | 417 | ||
| MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN CANCER OUTCOMES | 418 | ||
| RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 427 | ||
| HEALTH CARE POLICY IMPLICATIONS | 428 | ||
| SUMMARY | 430 | ||
| REFERENCES | 430 | ||
| Chapter 7. Prediction Tools in Surgical Oncology | 439 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 439 | ||
| ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS, PREDICTION TABLES, AND NOMOGRAMS | 440 | ||
| EXAMPLES OF CLINICAL PREDICTION TOOLS | 441 | ||
| EVALUATING AND COMPARING PREDICTION TOOLS | 443 | ||
| FUTURE OF PREDICTION TOOLS | 444 | ||
| SUMMARY | 445 | ||
| REFERENCES | 446 | ||
| Chapter 8. Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgical Oncology: Where Do We Stand? | 449 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 449 | ||
| CLINICAL TRIALS: ARE THEY RELEVANT IN SURGERY? | 450 | ||
| BREAST CANCER TRIALS: A RADICAL IMPACT ON PRACTICE | 450 | ||
| BREAST CANCER: THE LIMITATIONS OF CLINICAL TRIALS | 454 | ||
| RECTAL CANCER TRIALS | 455 | ||
| RECTAL CANCER TRIALS: SUMMARY | 459 | ||
| ADDITIONAL LESSONS LEARNED FROM SURGICAL CLINICAL TRIALS | 459 | ||
| FUTURE DIRECTIONS ENCOMPASSING LESSONS LEARNED FROM SURGICAL TRIALS | 460 | ||
| REFERENCES | 461 | ||
| Chapter 9. Patient Safety in Surgical Oncology: Perspective From the Operating Room | 467 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 467 | ||
| THEORETICAL MODELS | 468 | ||
| HUMAN FACTORS IN THE OR | 470 | ||
| A CASE STUDY | 474 | ||
| SUMMARY | 474 | ||
| REFERENCES | 474 | ||
| Chapter 10. Appropriate Use of Surgical Procedures for Patients with Cancer | 479 | ||
| THE APPROPRIATENESS METHOD | 481 | ||
| SURGICAL APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER | 481 | ||
| IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA | 483 | ||
| SUMMARY | 484 | ||
| REFERENCES | 485 | ||
| Chapter 11. Collaboration with the Community Cancer Center: Benefit for All | 487 | ||
| PARTICIPATION IN THE NCCCP | 488 | ||
| STATE CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM | 489 | ||
| GENETIC COUNSELING AND GENE TESTING: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT | 490 | ||
| THE NCI CCOP | 491 | ||
| ESTABLISHING MDCs | 492 | ||
| THE CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH | 494 | ||
| REFERENCES | 495 | ||
| Chapter 12. Value-Based Health Care: A Surgical Oncologist’s Perspective | 497 | ||
| VALUE-BASED HEALTH CARE | 498 | ||
| OUTCOME HIERARCHY | 499 | ||
| INTEGRATED PRACTICE UNITS | 500 | ||
| COSTS OF CARE | 501 | ||
| APPLICATION OF VALUE-BASED HEALTH CARE | 502 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 503 | ||
| SUMMARY | 504 | ||
| REFERENCES | 505 | ||
| Index | 507 | ||
| Moving ? | 515 |