Schlick, Cary Jo R.
Khorfan, Rhami
Odell, David D.
Merkow, Ryan P.
Bentrem, David J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Cancer Society (IRG-18-163-24)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (K12HS026385)
Veteran's Adiminstration (I01HX002290)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5T32HL094293)
Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer Institute (K07CA216330)
Article History
Received: 9 January 2020
First Online: 9 June 2020
Disclosures
: 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.
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