Diffusion of surgical innovation among patients with kidney cancer

David C. Miller, Christopher S. Saigal, Mousumi Banerjee, Jan M. Hanley, Mark S. Litwin · 2008 · Cancer

Summary. Surgical innovation adoption for kidney cancer depends primarily on surgeon practice styles rather than patient characteristics. Among 5,483 Medicare patients who underwent kidney cancer surgery between 1997 and 2002, surgeon factors accounted for 18% of variation in partial nephrectomy use and 37% of variation in laparoscopic surgery use—substantially more than patient or tumor factors. Removing barriers to surgeon adoption of these techniques could improve care quality.

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Miller, D. C., Saigal, C. S., Banerjee, M., Hanley, J. M., & Litwin, M. S.. (2008). Diffusion of surgical innovation among patients with kidney cancer. Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.23372

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DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23372
Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28