… Author Contributions: Drs Feldman and Dumitra had full access to all of the data in the
study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. …

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major cause of orthotropic liver transplantations
(OLT). However, tumor recurrence remains a concern. Our group has shown that a …

Purpose The content validity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) commonly used to
measure postoperative recovery is unknown. The objective of this study was to develop a …

… The effect of program chair gender on the proportion of women session conveners was
assessed using Student’s t test. Trends in the gender distribution of session conveners and …

… Statistical significance between means was determined using the 2-tailed Student’s t test
or Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Fisher exact test for categorical …

… Univariate analyses were performed using Student t test to compare means and two-sample
Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test for medians of continuous variables. Two-sided …

… Patients receiving CLND versus NO were compared using chi-squared and t-tests for
categorical and continuous variables, respectively. Cumulative probability of nodal dissection was …

Introduction Treatment delay may have detrimental effects on cancer outcomes. The impact
of longer delays on colorectal cancer outcomes remains poorly described. The objective of …

Background Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy has been demonstrated to offer
several benefits over open surgery. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility …

Introduction Several grading schemes are available to assess surgical complications, but
their relationship with patient-reported outcomes is not well understood. Therefore, our …