Influence of hospital procedure volume on outcomes following surgery for colon cancer

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3028-3035

  Schrag, Deborah ^a   Cramer, Laura D ^a   Bach, Peter B ^a   Cohen, Alfred M ^a   Warren, Joan L ^b   Begg, Colin B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE MIX; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WARD; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034694875     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.23.3028     Document Type: Article

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