Kalsekar I, et al. – The purposes of this study were to determine hospital resource utilization, associated costs and the risk of complications during hospitalization for four types of surgical resections as well as to estimate the incremental burden among patients with cancer compared to those without cancer. The findings suggested that patients who underwent lung lobectomy, lower anterior resection of the rectum (LAR), liver wedge resection or total hysterectomy for a cancer indication have significantly increased hospital resource utilization compared to these same surgeries for benign indications.