title: Guest Editorial: are diabetes-related wounds and amputations worse than cancer?
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wrobel
authors.forename: Jeffery M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology