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C. Towe — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 21
Works: 205
Citations: 1,713

Most-cited papers

Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and timing
Zachary M. Bauman, Yuqian Tian, A. Doben, Sebastian D. Schubl +8 more
2025Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery41 citations Open access
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research.
Elliot L. Servais, J. Blasberg, Lisa Brown, C. Towe +4 more
2022Annals of Thoracic Surgery31 citations
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Association of Complex Multimorbidity and Long-term Survival After Emergency General Surgery in Older Patients With Medicare.
V. Ho, W. Bensken, David F. Warner, Jeffrey A. Claridge +4 more
2022JAMA Surgery24 citations Open access
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2024 Update on Outcomes and Research.
C. Towe, Elbert Y. Kuo, A. Feczko, Biniam Kidane +9 more
2025Annals of Thoracic Surgery22 citations
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Outcomes and Research.
C. Towe, Elliot L. Servais, L. Brown, J. Blasberg +4 more
2023Annals of Thoracic Surgery21 citations
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Gender Disparities in Surgical Subspecialties: A CMS Data Analysis.
Christina S. Boutros, A. Bassiri, B. Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2024Journal of Surgical Research18 citations
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Surgical Repair Versus Stent for Esophageal Perforation: A Multi-Institutional Database Analysis.
Kelsey E. Gray, Anuja L. Sarode, B. Jiang, Christine E. Alvarado +6 more
2022Annals of Thoracic Surgery16 citations Open access
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Contemporary outcomes of surgical resection for chest wall chondrosarcoma.
Christine E. Alvarado, Jonathan D Rice, P. Linden, Anuja L. Sarode +3 more
2023JTCVS Open13 citations Open access
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Validation of the PREDICT Prognostication Tool in US Patients With Breast Cancer.
Nickolas Stabellini, Lifen Cao, C. Towe, Megan E. Miller +3 more
2023The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network13 citations Open access
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Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditions
J. Kloos, A. Bassiri, Vanessa P. Ho, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2023JTCVS Open12 citations Open access
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Anatomic Lung Resection is Associated with Improved Survival Compared with Wedge Resection for Stage IA (≤2 cm) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Christopher W. Seder, Shu-Ching Chang, C. Towe, Varun Puri +5 more
2025Journal of Thoracic Oncology10 citations Open access
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Evaluating the Optimal Time Between Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention for Early-Stage Lung Cancer.
A. Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E. Alvarado, Minyoung Kwak +4 more
2023Journal of Surgical Research10 citations
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A comparison of local therapy alone with local plus systemic therapy for stage I pT1aN0M0 HER2+ breast cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis
Lifen Cao, C. Towe, R. Shenk, Nickolas Stabellini +2 more
2022Cancer10 citations
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Disparities in Access to Thoracic Surgeons among Patients Receiving Lung Lobectomy in the United States
Sean Halloran, Christine E. Alvarado, Anuja L. Sarode, B. Jiang +3 more
2023Current Oncology9 citations Open access
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Comparing Thoracoscopic and Robotic Lobectomy Using a Nationally Representative Database
Christine E. Alvarado, S. Worrell, Anuja L. Sarode, B. Jiang +4 more
2022The American surgeon9 citations
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Adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with an overall survival benefit regardless of age in ER+/HER2- breast cancer pts with 1-3 positive nodes and oncotype DX recurrence score 20 to 25: an NCDB analysis
Nickolas Stabellini, Lifen Cao, C. Towe, Xun Luo +2 more
2023Frontiers in Oncology8 citations Open access
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Robotic vs Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Comparative Study of Short- and Long-Term Surgical Outcomes.
A. Bassiri, Omkar S. Pawar, Christina S. Boutros, B. Jiang +4 more
2025Annals of Thoracic Surgery7 citations
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Lung Cancer in Young Patients is Associated With More Advanced Disease but Better Overall Survival.
Gianna Dingillo, A. Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E. Alvarado +4 more
2023Journal of Surgical Research7 citations
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Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion is Associated With Increased Utilization of Minimally Invasive Lung Resection for Early Stage Lung Cancer
Gianna Dingillo, Christine E. Alvarado, Jonathan D Rice, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2022The American surgeon7 citations
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Gender Disparities in Career Longevity Among Surgeons and Physicians: A Decade-Long Analysis.
Christina S. Boutros, Erik L. Risa, Omkar S. Pawar, A. Bassiri +4 more
2025Journal of Surgical Research6 citations
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Early Repair of Rib Fractures Is Associated with Superior Length of Stay and Total Hospital Cost: A Propensity Matched Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample
C. Towe, Katelynn C. Bachman, Vanessa P. Ho, F. Pieracci +4 more
2024Medicina6 citations Open access
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The Impact of Diabetes on Pathologic Response to Multi-Modality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer.
S. Worrell, Christine E. Alvarado, Dylan P. Thibault, C. Towe +5 more
2022Annals of Thoracic Surgery6 citations
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Disruptions in Lung Cancer Detection During COVID-19
Trisha Lal, Uriel Kim, Christina S. Boutros, Natalie N. Chakraborty +3 more
2024Cancers5 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Following Lung Lobectomy.
Sean Halloran, Scott Martin, B. Jiang, A. Bassiri +4 more
2023Journal of Surgical Research5 citations
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Pretreatment and Posttreatment Tumor Metabolic Activity Assessed by FDG-PET/CT as Predictors of Tumor Recurrence and Survival Outcomes in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
S. Deshpande, T. Podder, W. Grubb, Yu-Xia Zhang +5 more
2023Advances in Radiation Oncology5 citations Open access
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National enrollment of lung cancer clinical trials is disproportionate based on race and health care access.
Minyoung Kwak, A. Bassiri, B. Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2023Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery5 citations
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BPI22-014: Independent Validation of the PREDICT Prognostication Tool in U.S. Breast Cancer Patients Using the National Cancer Database (NCDB)
Lifen Cao, Nickolas Stabellini, C. Towe, Megan E. Miller +3 more
2022The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network5 citations
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Evaluating failure to rescue after esophagectomy: The esophagectomy failure to rescue assessment, trends, and Evaluation (E-FATE) study
Christina S. Boutros, Philip A. Linden, Omkar S. Pawar, B. Jiang +3 more
2025JTCVS Open4 citations Open access
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Different Diseases, Different Outcomes: A Comparative Study of Peritoneal and Pleural Subtypes.
Christina S. Boutros, Erik L. Risa, B. Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2025Journal of Surgical Research4 citations
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Neuroinflammatory Pathways Associated with Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain: A Review of Current Literature
A. Elsherbini, A. Hasheminia, M. R. Gemae, Farzan Ansari +4 more
2024Molecular Neurobiology4 citations
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Longitudinal Follow-up of Medicare Patients after Esophageal Cancer Resection in the STS Database.
J. Blasberg, E. Servais, Dylan Thibault, Jeffrey P. Jacobs +11 more
2024Annals of Thoracic Surgery4 citations
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Mortality burden from variation in provision of surgical care in emergency general surgery: a cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample
Vanessa P. Ho, C. Towe, W. Bensken, Elizabeth R. Pfoh +4 more
2024Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open4 citations Open access
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Non-traditional pulmonary function tests in risk stratification of anatomic lung resection: a retrospective review
C. Towe, Avanti Badrinathan, A. Khil, Christine E. Alvarado +3 more
2024Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease4 citations Open access
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Estimating the overall survival benefit of adjuvant chemo‐endocrine therapy in women over age 50 with pT1‐2N0 early stage breast cancer and 21‐gene recurrence score ≥26: A National Cancer Database analysis
Nickolas Stabellini, Lifen Cao, C. Towe, Amanda L. Amin +1 more
2023Cancer Medicine4 citations Open access
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Motor Vehicle Protective Device Usage Associated with Decreased Rate of Flail Chest: A Retrospective Database Analysis
A. Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Sami K. Kishawi, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2023Medicina4 citations Open access
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The effect of diabetes on pathologic complete response among patients with esophageal cancer.
Christine E. Alvarado, Kevin Kapcio, M. Lada, P. Linden +2 more
2022Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery4 citations
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Is Minimally Invasive Resection of Large Thymoma Appropriate?
G. Manyak, A. Bassiri, Christine E. Alvarado, Kunaal S. Sarnaik +4 more
2024The American surgeon3 citations
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STS Database Analysis: Comparing Sublobar Techniques in Stage IA Lung Cancer.
C. Towe, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Matthew Hartwig, Lillian Kang +5 more
2024Annals of Thoracic Surgery3 citations
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Impact of Psychiatric Diagnoses on Length of Stay and Mortality After Rib Fracture
Sami K. Kishawi, Avanti Badrinathan, C. Towe, V. Ho
2023Journal of Surgical Research3 citations Open access
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Uncovering Health-Care Disparities Through Patient Decisions in Lung Cancer Surgery.
A. Bassiri, Avanti Badrinathan, Christine E. Alvarado, Christina S. Boutros +6 more
2023Journal of Surgical Research3 citations
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Contemporary outcomes of esophageal and gastroesophageal junction neuroendocrine tumors.
Lauren M. Poston, Shreya Gupta, Christine E. Alvarado, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2023Diseases of the esophagus3 citations
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Functional Status is Key to Long-Term Survival In Emergency General Surgery Conditions
V. Ho, W. Bensken, J. A. Flippin, H. Santry +3 more
2022Journal of Surgical Research3 citations Open access
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Modeling the COVID Pandemic: Do Delays in Surgery Justify Using Stereotactic Radiation to Treat Low-Risk Early Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Lifen Cao, P. Linden, T. Biswas, S. Worrell +5 more
2022Journal of Surgical Research3 citations Open access
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The 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) expert consensus document: Surgical management of primary chest wall malignancies.
Daniel P. Raymond, Z. Abdelsattar, Lisa M. Brown, Shauna R. Campbell +11 more
2026Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery2 citations Open access
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Comparative Analysis of Overall Survival in Mucinous and Nonmucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: Insights From a National Cancer Database Study.
Christina S. Boutros, Yue-Lin Hu, A. Bassiri, B. Jiang +4 more
2025Journal of Surgical Research2 citations
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Adoption of Minimally Invasive Lung Resection: A National Cancer Database Study.
A. Bassiri, Christina S. Boutros, B. Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli +3 more
2024Journal of Surgical Research2 citations
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Inaccurate Clinical Stage is Common and Associated With Poor Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer.
Lauren M. Poston, A. Bassiri, J. Kloos, J. Linden +4 more
2024Journal of Surgical Research2 citations
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A Rare Cause of Colon Perforation After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Christina S. Boutros, Alexander Loftus, A. Bassiri, Laura E. Davis +6 more
2024Case Reports in Surgery2 citations
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Disparities and access to thoracic surgeons among esophagectomy patients in the United States.
Christine E. Alvarado, S. Worrell, Anuja L. Sarode, A. Bassiri +3 more
2023Diseases of the esophagus2 citations
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Outcomes of Trauma “Walk-Ins” in the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Program Database
S. Syamal, Andrew H. Tran, Chi-Ching Huang, Avanti Badrinathan +3 more
2023The American surgeon2 citations
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