Accuracy of Time to Treatment Initiation Data in Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
CONCLUSIONS: Nearly three-fourths of patients with a registry-reported value of TTI = 0 days in a large, CoC-accredited cancer center registry had a diagnostic procedure coded as their first treatment event, though their effective treatment had not yet started. These data suggest that TTI is likely longer than what is reported to the NCDB. Redefinition of what constitutes surgical treatment should be considered to improve the accuracy of data used in measuring TTI in sarcoma.PMID:37261268 | PMC:PMC10229237 | DOI:10.1155/2023/9022770 (Source: Sarcoma)
Source: Sarcoma - June 1, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joshua M Lawrenz Jose F Vega Jaiben George Gannon L Curtis Jaymeson Gordon Amanda Maggiotto Katherine Tullio Dale R Shepard John D Reith Herbert S Schwartz Lukas M Nystrom Nathan W Mesko Source Type: research
Postoperative Complication and Reoperation Rates Following Resection of Soft Tissue vs. Bone Malignancies Based on Anatomic Location in the Inpatient Setting
CONCLUSION: Patients in the ULST group had significantly lower odds of 90-day readmission compared to the ULLB group. There were also significantly lower odds of 30- and 90-day readmission in the LLST group compared to the LLLB group. However, the LLST group had significantly higher odds of infection and reoperation within 30 and 90 days compared to the LLLB group.PMID:36937506 | PMC:PMC10023224 | DOI:10.1155/2023/5455719 (Source: Sarcoma)
Source: Sarcoma - March 20, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alexander M Ballatori Shane Shahrestani Andy Ton Xiao T Chen Tarek Yamout Brandon S Gettleman Nathanael D Heckmann Lawrence R Menendez Alexander B Christ Source Type: research
