Yutaka Endo

BACKGROUND: The majority of HCC patients within Milan criteria, compete with cirrhosis patients with high MELD for liver transplantation based on an exceptional score which is the calculated MELD at registration, 28 after six months of waiting, 31 after 1 year and thereafter capped at 34 after one…

BACKGROUND: To address the persistent ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities in access to quality surgical cancer care, it is imperative to rigorously understand the role of clinician-level factors including clinician-to-clinician connectedness…

INTRODUCTION: The cost of healthcare is widely recognized as a substantial barrier to access essential medical care…

INTRODUCTION: Telemedicine use increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the effect of telemedicine on resource utilization has not been investigated. We sought to characterize the impact of telemedicine on healthcare utilization and medical spending among patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer…

BACKGROUND: Recurrence of neuroendocrine tumor liver metastasis (NELM) following curative-intent resection occurs in a large subset of patients. Artificial intelligence (AI) may help predict outcomes among patients with cancer…

INTRODUCTION: Preoperative cholangitis (PC) is an important risk factor for postoperative morbidity among patients undergoing pancreatic surgery. We sought to characterize the impact of PC on surgical outcomes and healthcare costs…