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ReviewAnnals of surgical oncology2022

Technical Standards for Cancer Surgery: Commission on Cancer Standards 5.3-5.8.

Matthew H G Katz, Amanda B Francescatti, Kelly K Hunt, Cancer Surgery Standards Program of the American College of Surgeons

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Review in Annals of surgical oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. A standardized surgical approach to multifocal locoregionally recurrent left-sided adrenocortical carcinoma.European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matthew H G KatzDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. mhgkatz@mdanderson.org.
Amanda B FrancescattiAmerican College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kelly K HuntDepartment of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Cancer Surgery Standards Program of the American College of Surgeons

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines in oncology have typically focused on workup, disease staging, and medical management. Although recommendations for surgical care have been included in these guidelines, those recommendations have primarily addressed issues such as the role of surgery or the incorporation of surgery into multidisciplinary treatment strategies, not the technical performance of the operative procedures themselves. Therefore, the quality of surgery, the only component of multidisciplinary cancer care proven to be potentially curative, has been poorly controlled. During the past decade, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) cancer programs have attempted to fill this gap by developing "operative standards" for cancer surgery. This report discusses the history of the operative standards, highlights evidence to demonstrate their efficacy, and describes the activities of the ACS Commission on Cancer and Cancer Surgery Standards Program toward disseminating and implementing them.

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