Surgical Second Opinion for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Among Medicare patients who underwent pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer, approximately 1 in 7 patients received a second surgical opinion. Further research is needed to determine how patient motivations, referral patterns, disease characteristics, and treatments all interplay to affect clinical outcomes for patients undergoing pancreatectomy for PDAC.
Authors
- Shikha Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-7898)
- J. Madison Hyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-3462)
- Jordan M. Cloyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-8433)
- Aslam M. Ejaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-2604)
- Natalie Bath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7245-9000)
- Patrick L. Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-2768)
- Melica Nikahd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1848-2122)
- Addie Heifetz
- Shah Saiyed
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001213
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57