Schlick, Cary Jo R.
Khorfan, Rhami
Odell, David D.
Merkow, Ryan P.
Bentrem, David J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Northwestern Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research in Oncology (NICER-Onc) of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Article History
Received: 26 August 2019
First Online: 13 January 2020
Disclosure
: Cary Jo R. Schlick, Rhami Khorfan, David D. Odell, Ryan P. Merkow, and David J. Bentrem report no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, related to this work. The NCDB is a joint project of the CoC of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society. The CoC’s NCDB and the hospitals participating in the CoC NCDB are the source of the de-identified data used herein. They have not verified and are not responsible for the statistical validity of the data analysis or the conclusions derived by the authors.