*Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL;
†Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center and the Northwestern Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research (NICER) in Oncology, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL;
‡Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL;
§Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA;
¶Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX;
‖Department of Surgery, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL; and
**Department of Surgery, Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Reprints: Ryan P. Merkow, MD, MS, Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, 633 N Saint Clair Street, 22nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail: [email protected].
Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This study was supported by a grant from the American Cancer Society (No. 280521) to R.P.M. and K.Y.B. J.L.P. is supported by a grant from Genetech.
Presented at the 66th Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Cancer Symposium, March 8, 2013, National Harbor, MD.
