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Kim F. Rhoads

Researcher at Stanford University

Publications -  52
Citations -  1582

Kim F. Rhoads is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer registry & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 48 publications receiving 1233 citations. Previous affiliations of Kim F. Rhoads include University of California, San Francisco & Cancer Prevention Institute of California.

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Understanding Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment and Outcomes

TL;DR: For example, a recent report from the Institute of Medicine found that lack Americans have markedly higher cancer-specific ortality rates than members of other racial and ethnic roups as mentioned in this paper.
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Failure to comply with NCCN guidelines for the management of pancreatic cancer compromises outcomes

TL;DR: Investigation of variation in the management of pancreatic cancer among large hospitals in California, USA, specifically to evaluate whether compliance with NCCN guidelines correlates with patient outcomes found relatively poor overall compliance.
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Lymph node count from neck dissection predicts mortality in head and neck cancer

TL;DR: A significant overall survival advantage is demonstrated in both patients who are clinically node negative and node positive when ≥ 18 LNs are examined after neck dissection, which suggests that LN count is a potential quality metric for neck dissections.
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A role for Hox A5 in regulating angiogenesis and vascular patterning.

TL;DR: The results suggest that restoring Hox A5 expression may provide a novel means to limit breast tumor growth or expansion of hemangiomas.