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Gao R., Flewelling K., Stevens N., Wyland C., McGoff T., Brubaker A., McCahill L.E. Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator American Journal of Surgery. 2025;241

Gonzales M., Grosh K., Coster S., Hunt A., Schmitt C., Baxter M., McGoff T., Brubaker A., McCahill L.E. Better-Defined Morbidity of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Melanoma Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025;32:3198-3202.

McCahill L.E. Changes in the surgical management of melanoma and measures to implement change American Journal of Surgery. 2025;241

Ferrin N., Edmond D., Jones R., Mccahill L.E. Management of Locally Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma with Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Targeted Therapy: A Case Report and Discussion Case Reports in Dermatology. 2024;16:75-82.

Dillon C.H., Vos D.G., McCahill L.E. Reoperation following urgent and emergent colectomy in the State of Michigan American Journal of Surgery. 2023;225(3):558-563.

Kielhorn B.A., Jantz J.B., Kosten M.S., Phillips S.S., Khandavalli S.C., McCahill L.E. Quality improvement in melanoma care: Multidisciplinary quality program development and comparison of care before and after implementation American Journal of Surgery. 2019;217(3):527-531.

To K.B., Kamdar N.S., Patil P., Collins S.D., Seese E., Krapohl G.L., Campbell D.(., Englesbe M.J., Englesbe M.J., Hemmila M.R., Napolitano L.M., Arneson W., Atwal M., Barnes S.A., Bartholomew D., Bates R., Bowden K.C., Bozaan A., Bistolarides P., Bruck C., Buhariwalla K., Cherry-Bukowiec J., Cheung L., Dolman H., Edelman D., Gallick H.L., Goethals A., Gordon A., Gustad K., Haddad C.G., Johnson J.L., Kieninger A., Kolachalam R., Kwon D.S., Luchtefeld M., Machado-Aranda D., Markham K., McLeod M., Meguid A., Mikhail R.A., Morey D.E., Noble W.C., Obi S., Patel S., Pesta C.M., Puls M.W., Richardson T., Scipione C.N., Sequeira M., Shapiro B., Spencer A., Sugimoto K.D., Ulgenalp A., VanWylen S., Veverka T.J., Wagner J., Wilson K., Zwemer D., Alberts K., Bailey T., Barnes J., Behring H., Christiansen C., Cusick M., Demeter N., Dunn A., Gates E., Guild M., Hayes J., Hischke D., Jobson D., Kennedy J., Machnacki J., Moe B., Myers S., Parker B., Costello-Percha T., Piazza J., Pioch W., Poindexter A., Reed J., Riegel B., Robertson D., Robertson J., Ryan K., Shaw C., Jacob A.S., Sweeny K., Tadian W., Thomas L., Thompson D., Young M., Chair C., Campbell D.A., Krapohl G., Bishop K., Armenti F., Brummett C., Byrn J., Galusca D. Acute Care Surgery Model and Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019;228(1):21-28.e7.

Gerard R.R., Kielhorn B.A., Petersen B., Mullard A.J., McCahill L.E. Post-operative management of perforated appendicitis: Can clinical pathways improve outcomes? American Journal of Surgery. 2018;215(4):593-598.

Healy M.A., McCahill L.E., Chung M., Berri R., Ito H., Obi S.H., Wong S.L., Hendren S., Kwon D. Intraoperative Fluid Resuscitation Strategies in Pancreatectomy: Results from 38 Hospitals in Michigan Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2016;23(9):3047-3055.

Healy M.A., Krell R.W., Abdelsattar Z.M., McCahill L.E., Kwon D., Frankel T.L., Hendren S., Campbell D.A., Wong S.L. Pancreatic Resection Results in a Statewide Surgical Collaborative Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015;22(8):2468-2474.

May M., Woldhuis C., Taylor W.K., McCahill L.E. Gastrointestinal nurse navigation: Implementation of a novel role Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2014;18(2):193-198.

McCahill L.E., May M., Morrow J.B., Khandavalli S., Shabahang B., Kemmeter P., Pimiento J.M. Esophagectomy outcomes at a mid-volume cancer center utilizing prospective multidisciplinary care and a 2-surgeon team approach American Journal of Surgery. 2014;207(3):380-386.

Feigelson H.S., James T.A., Single R.M., Onitilo A.A., Aiello Bowles E.J., Barney T., Bakerman J.E., McCahill L.E. Factors associated with the frequency of initial total mastectomy: Results of a multi-institutional study Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013;216(5):966-975.

Onitilo A., Onesti J., Single R., Engel J., James T., Bowles E., Feigelson H., Barney T., McCahill L. Utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy varies in the treatment of women with invasive breast cancer PLoS ONE. 2013;8(12)

Onitilo A.A., Engel J.M., James T.A., Aiello Bowles E., McCahill L.E., Feigelson H.S. Reply Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013;217(5):960-962.

Shukla G.S., Krag D.N., Peletskaya E.N., Pero S.C., Sun Y.J., Carman C.L., McCahill L.E., Roland T.A. Intravenous infusion of phage-displayed antibody library in human cancer patients: Enrichment and cancer-specificity of tumor-homing phage-antibodies Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 2013;62(8):1397-1410.

Aiello Bowles E., Feigelson H.S., Barney T., Broecker K., Sterrett A., Bischoff K., Engel J., Gundersen G., Sheehey-Jones J., Single R., Onitilo A., James T.A., McCahill L.E. Improving quality of breast cancer surgery through development of a national breast cancer surgical outcomes (BRCASO) research database BMC Cancer. 2012;12

McCahill L.E., Single R.M., Aiello Bowles E., Feigelson H.S., James T.A., Barney T., Engel J.M., Onitilo A.A. Variability in reexcision following breast conservation surgery JAMA. 2012;307(5):467-475.

McCahill L.E., Yothers G., Sharif S., Petrelli N.J., Lai L.L., Bechar N., Giguere J.K., Dakhil S.R., Fehrenbacher L., Lopa S.H., Wagman L.D., O'Connell M.J., Wolmark N. Primary mFOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab without resection of the primary tumor for patients presenting with surgically unresectable metastatic colon cancer and an intact asymptomatic colon cancer: Definitive analysis of NSABP Trial C-10 Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2012;30(26):3223-3228.

Onesti J.K., McCahill L.E. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract: Volume 1-2, Seventh Edition. 2012;1:1028-1034.

McCahill L.E., Single R., Ratliff J., Sheehey-Jones J., Gray A., James T. Local recurrence after partial mastectomy: Relation to initial surgical margins American Journal of Surgery. 2011;201(3):374-378.

Wasif N., Cormier J.N., Ko C.Y., McCahill L.E., Edge S.B., Wong S.L., Anthony T., Kollmorgen D., Marcus S.G., Bleznak A., Leong S.P.L. Quality measurement in cancer care delivery Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2011;18(3):611-618.

James T., McCahill L. Variant mastectomy rates: Implications for quality of care in breast cancer surgery Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2010;28(21)

James T., McCahill L., Ratliff J., Ashikaga T., Single R., Sheehey-Jones J., Messier N., Stanley M., Krag D., Harlow S. Quality assessment of neoadjuvant therapy use in breast conservation: Barriers to implementation Breast Journal. 2009;15(5):524-526.

James T.A., Harlow S., Sheehey-Jones J., Hart M., Gaspari C., Stanley M., Krag D., Ashikaga T., McCahill L.E. Intraoperative ultrasound versus mammographic needle localization for ductal carcinoma in situ Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2009;16(5):1164-1169.

Krag D.N., Kusminsky R., Manna E., Weaver D., Harlow S.P., Covelli M., Stanley M.A., McCahill L., Ittleman F., Leavitt B., Krag M., Amarante P. Cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow of breast cancer patients and noncancer donors Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology. 2009;17(5):403-408.

McCahill L. Trends in presentation and survival for gallbladder cancer during a period of more than 4 decades: A single-institution experience - Invited critique Archives of Surgery. 2009;144(5):447.

McCahill L., Hamel-Bissell B. The patient lived experience for surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases: A phenomenological study Palliative and Supportive Care. 2009;7(1):65-73.

McCahill L., Privette A., Hart M., James T. Are mastectomy rates a reasonable quality measure of breast cancer surgery? American Journal of Surgery. 2009;197(2):216-221.

McCahill L.E., Privette A., James T., Sheehey-Jones J., Ratliff J., Majercik D., Krag D.N., Stanley M., Harlow S. Quality measures for breast cancer surgery: Initial validation of feasibility and assessment of variation among surgeons Archives of Surgery. 2009;144(5):455-462.

Winters R., Bihlmeyer S., McCahill L., Cooper K. Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumour-mixed connective tissue variant without oncogenic osteomalacia Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2009;62(8):760-761.

Costanza R., Fisher B., Ali S., Beer C., Bond L., Boumans R., Danigelis N.L., Dickinson J., Elliott C., Farley J., Gayer D.E., Glenn L.M.D., Hudspeth T.R., Mahoney D.F., McCahill L., McIntosh B., Reed B., Abu Turab Rizvi S., Rizzo D.M., Simpatico T., Snapp R. An integrative approach to Quality of Life measurement, research, and policy Sapiens. 2008;1(1):17-21.

Gilbert M.P., McCahill L.E., Anderson S., Christian R.C. Visual vignette Endocrine Practice. 2008;14(7):950.

Privette A., Fisk P., Leavitt B., Cooper K., McCahill L. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Presenting With Esophageal Obstruction and an Inflammatory Syndrome Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2008;86(4):1364-1367.

Privette A., McCahill L., Borrazzo E., Single R.M., Zubarik R. Laparoscopic approaches to resection of suspected gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors based on tumor location Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2008;22(2):487-494.

Smith D., McCahill L. Predicting life expectancy and symptom relief following surgery for advanced malignancy Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2008;15(12):3335-3341.

Wong S.L., McCahill L.E., Edge S.B., Askew R.L., Beitsch P.D., Kollmorgen D.R., Anthony T., Petrelli N.J., Leong S.P.L., Cormier J.N. Getting to better cancer care: Results of a society of surgical oncology survey Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2008;15(9):2363-2371.

Costanza R., Fisher B., Ali S., Beer C., Bond L., Boumans R., Danigelis N.L., Dickinson J., Elliott C., Farley J., Gayer D.E., Glenn L.M.D., Hudspeth T., Mahoney D., McCahill L., McIntosh B., Reed B., Rizvi S.A.T., Rizzo D.M., Simpatico T., Snapp R. Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being Ecological Economics. 2007;61(2-3):267-276.

McCahill L.E., Ahern J.W., Gruppi L.A., Limanek J., Dion G.A., Sussman J.A., McCaffrey C.B., Leary D.B., Lesage M.B., Single R.M. Enhancing compliance with medicare guidelines for surgical infection prevention: Experience with a cross-disciplinary quality improvement team Archives of Surgery. 2007;142(4):355-360.

Tracy T.",Vollmer,"Whalen G., Berger D., McCahill L. Discussion Archives of Surgery. 2007;142(4):379-380.

Guzman E.A., McCahill L.E., Rogers F.B. Arterioportal Fistulas: Introduction of a Novel Classification With Therapeutic Implications Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2006;10(4):543-550.

Cook A.D., Single R., McCahill L.E. Surgical resection of primary tumors in patients who present with stage IV colorectal cancer: An analysis of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results data, 1988 to 2000 Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2005;12(8):637-645.

Krag D.N., Kusminsky R., Manna E., Ambaye A., Weaver D.L., Harlow S.P., Covelli M., Stanley M.A., McCahill L., Ittleman F., Leavitt B., Krag M. The detection of isolated tumor cells in bone marrow comparing bright-field immunocytochemistry and multicolor immunofluorescence Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2005;12(9):753-760.

Pameijer C.R.J., Smith D., Mccahill L.E., Bimston D.N., Wagman L.D., Ellenhorn J.D.I. Full-thickness chest wall resection for recurrent breast carcinoma: An institutional review and meta-analysis American Surgeon. 2005;71(9):711-715.

McCahill L. Methodology for scientific evaluation of palliative surgery Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 2004;13(3):413-427.

McCahill L.E., Dunn G.P., Mosenthal A.C., Milch R.A., Krouse R.S. Palliation as a core surgical principle: Part 1 Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2004;199(1):149-160.

McCahill L.E., Dunn G.P., Mosenthal A.C., Milch R.A., Krouse R.S. Palliation as a core surgical principle: Part 2 Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2004;199(2):321-334.

Borneman T., Chu D., Wagman L., Ferrell B., Juarez G., McCahill L., Uman G. Concerns of family caregivers of patients with cancer facing palliative surgery for advanced malignancies. Oncology nursing forum. 2003;30(6):997-1005.

Dunn G.P., Milch R.A., Angelos P., Blair P.G., Brasel K.J., Buchman T.G., Bumagin S.J.O., Byock I., Cameron J.L., Civetta J.M., Easson A.M., Grunwald S., Hinshaw D.B., Huffman J.L., Husser W.C., Johnson D.L., Jonasson O., Krizek T.J., Krouse R.S., Lee K.F., McCahill L.E., Mosenthal A.C., Purcell G., Richards K., Sachdeva A., Thompson A.R., Weissman D., Wheeler H.B. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Office of promoting excellence in end-of-life care: Executive summary of the report from the field Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2003;196(5):807-815.

Ferrell B., Chu D., Wagman L., Juarez G., Borneman T., Cullinane C., McCahill L. Online exclusive: patient and surgeon decision making regarding surgery for advanced cancer. Oncology nursing forum. 2003;30(6)

McCahill L.E., Smith D.D., Borneman T., Juarez G., Cullinane C., Chu D.Z.J., Ferrell B.R., Wagman L.D. A prospective evaluation of palliative outcomes for surgery of advanced malignancies Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2003;10(6):654-663.

Krouse R.S., McCahill L.E., Easson A.M., Dunn G.P. When the sun can set on an unoperated bowel obstruction: Management of malignant bowel obstruction Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2002;195(1):117-128.

McCahill L., Ferrell B. Palliative surgery for cancer pain Western Journal of Medicine. 2002;176(2):107-110.

McCahill L., Krouse R., Chu D., Juarez G., Uman G., Ferrell B., Wagman L. Decision making in palliative surgery Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2002;195(3):411-422.

McCahill L.E., Krouse R., Chu D., Juarez G., Uman G.C., Ferrell B., Wagman L.D. Indications and use of palliative surgery: Results of Society of Surgical Oncology survey Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2002;9(1):104-112.

McCahill L., Ferrell B.R., Virani R. Improving cancer care at the end of life Lancet Oncology. 2001;2(2):103-108.

Weitzel J.N., Choi J., Blazer K.R., McCahill L.E., Nedelcu R.A., McCaffrey S., MacDonald D.J. Impact of genetic risk assessment in newly-diagnosed breast cancer management Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2001;69(3):224.

Weitzel J.N., McCahill L.E. The power of genetics to target surgical prevention New England Journal of Medicine. 2001;344(25):1942-1944.

McCahill L., Pellegrini C., Wiggins T., Helton W. A clinical outcome and cost analysis of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy American Journal of Surgery. 1996;171(5):533-537.