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Robert Optican

Associate Professor of Radiology
Radiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging
2301 Erwin Rd.Radiology, Box 3808 Office Rm 1418, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Rd.Radiology, Box 3808 Office Rm 1418, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences


The Relative Survival Impact of Guideline-Concordant Clinical Staging and Stage-Appropriate Treatment of Potentially Curable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Conference Chest · July 2022 BACKGROUND: Lung cancer management guidelines strive to improve outcomes. Theoretically, thorough staging promotes optimal treatment selection. We examined the association between guideline-concordant invasive mediastinal nodal staging, guideline-concordan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survival Impact of an Enhanced Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conference in a Regional Community Health Care System

Conference Jto Clinical and Research Reports · August 1, 2021 Introduction: We compared NSCLC treatment and survival within and outside a multidisciplinary model of care from a large community health care system. Methods: We implemented a rigorously benchmarked “enhanced” Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conferenc ... Full text Cite