Hao, Scarlett
Meyer, David
Klose, Charles
Irish, William
Honaker, Michael D.
Article History
Accepted: 28 November 2022
First Online: 11 January 2023
Declarations
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: Established in 1989, The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is a joint project of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society. The NCDB and its participating hospitals are the source of the data used herein. The data are derived from a de-identified NCDB file. The American College of Surgeons and the Commission on Cancer have not verified and are not responsible for the analytic or statistical methodology employed, or the conclusions drawn from these data by the investigator. The American College of Surgeons has executed a Business Associate Agreement that includes a data use agreement with each of its CoC accredited hospitals. The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is a nationwide, facility-based, comprehensive clinical surveillance resource oncology data set that captures 72% of all newly diagnosed malignancies in the US annually.
: The authors declare no competing interests.