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Overview

Thomas W. Rice is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a specific focus on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, and Gastroenterology as subfields.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Thomas W. Rice has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, among them:

  • "Adjuvant Therapy After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Cancer," 2022, Annals of Surgery
  • "A comparative study of robotic and laparoscopic approaches to Heller myotomy," 2022, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Private equity expansion and impacts in united states healthcare," 2025, Health Policy
  • "Thoracoabdominal Esophagectomy: Then and Now," 2024, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • "Changes in esophageal physiology after paraesophageal hernia repair and Collis gastroplasty," 2020, Esophagus

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Lynn Unruh
  • Siva Raja
  • Sudish C. Murthy
  • Gerardo Soto-Campos
  • Jamie Palumbo

Thomas W. Rice often publishes work in venues such as:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Health Policy
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Annals of Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

In addition to journal articles, Thomas W. Rice has authored at least one book titled Health Systems in Transition, published by University of Toronto Press in 2021, which has been cited in subsequent research.

Best Publications

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer.

    Peter Goldstraw;Kari Chansky;John Crowley;Ramon Rami-Porta

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revisions of the T Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer

    Ramón Rami-Porta;David Ball;John Crowley;Dorothy J. Giroux

  • Concurrent cisplatin/etoposide plus chest radiotherapy followed by surgery for stages IIIA (N2) and IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer: mature results of Southwest Oncology Group phase II study 8805.

    Kathy S. Albain;Valerie W. Rusch;John J. Crowley;Thomas W. Rice

  • 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction

    Thomas W. Rice;Eugene H. Blackstone;Valerie W. Rusch

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Coding T Categories for Subsolid Nodules and Assessment of Tumor Size in Part-Solid Tumors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer

    William D. Travis;Hisao Asamura;Alexander A. Bankier;Mary Beth Beasley

  • 8th edition AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

    Thomas W. Rice;Deepa T. Patil;Eugene H. Blackstone

  • The Number of Lymph Nodes Removed Predicts Survival in Esophageal Cancer: An International Study on the Impact of Extent of Surgical Resection

    Christian G Peyre;Jeffrey A Hagen;Steven R DeMeester;Nasser K Altorki

  • Endosonographic features predictive of lymph node metastasis.

    Marc F. Catalano;Michael V. Sivak;Thomas Rice;Lisa A. Gragg

  • Lobectomy—video-assisted thoracic surgery versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy: A randomized trial

    Thomas J. Kirby;Michael J. Mack;Rodney J. Landreneau;Thomas W. Rice

  • Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: data-driven staging for the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union Against Cancer Cancer Staging Manuals.

    Thomas W. Rice;Valerie W. Rusch;Hemant Ishwaran;Eugene H. Blackstone

  • Cancer of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: An Eighth Edition Staging Primer.

    Thomas W. Rice;Hemant Ishwaran;Mark K. Ferguson;Eugene H. Blackstone

  • The seroprevalence of cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strains in the spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux disease

    Joseph J. Vicari;Richard M. Peek;Gary W. Falk;John R. Goldblum

  • Optimum lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer.

    Nabil P. Rizk;Hemant Ishwaran;Thomas W. Rice;Long Qi Chen

  • Esophageal Carcinoma: Depth of Tumor Invasion Is Predictive of Regional Lymph Node Status

    Thomas W Rice;Gregory Zuccaro;David J Adelstein;Lisa A Rybicki

  • Worldwide esophageal cancer collaboration.

    T. W. Rice;V. W. Rusch;C. Apperson-Hansen;M. S. Allen

  • Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process

    Cathy Bennett;Nimish Vakil;Jacques Bergman;Rebecca Harrison

  • Esophageal injury during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

    A.Marc Gillinov;Gosta Pettersson;Thomas W. Rice

  • Jumbo biopsy forceps protocol still misses unsuspected cancer in Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia

    Gary W. Falk;Thomas W. Rice;John R. Goldblum;Joel E. Richter

  • Stereotactic radiosurgery for lung tumors: preliminary report of a phase I trial.

    Richard I. Whyte;Richard L Crownover;Martin J. Murphy;David P. Martin

  • The long-term efficacy of pneumatic dilatation and Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia.

    Marcelo F. Vela;Joel E. Richter;Farah Khandwala;Eugene H. Blackstone

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene H. Blackstone
Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic
John R. Goldblum
John R. Goldblum Cleveland Clinic
Lisa Rybicki
Lisa Rybicki Cleveland Clinic
Joel E. Richter
Joel E. Richter University of South Florida
Gary W. Falk
Gary W. Falk University of Pennsylvania
John J. Vargo
John J. Vargo Cleveland Clinic
Valerie W. Rusch
Valerie W. Rusch Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rocio Lopez
Rocio Lopez Cleveland Clinic
John Crowley
John Crowley Washington University in St. Louis
David C. Rice
David C. Rice The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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