The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk calculator does not adequately stratify risk for patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5987962	The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2016	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk calculator does not effectively classify or stratify risk in patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Continued efforts are needed to assess risk in this population and develop more tailored treatment decision aids.

Keywords

10.4 SBRT FEV1 ASA ROC ACE VATS NSQIP DLCO AUC American Society of Anesthesiologists National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Lung cancer Non–small cell lung cancer NSCLC diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide confidence interval Lobectomy forced expiratory volume in 1 second receiver operating curve area under the curve odds ratio stereotactic body radiation therapy

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The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk calculator does not adequately stratify risk for patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Authors

Pamela MD, Clifford G. MD, Jeffrey MD, Audrey BS, Stephen MD, Daniel MD, A. Sasha MD, G. Alexander MD, Varun MD, MSCI, Bryan F. MD, MPH, Traves MD,