Influence of hospital procedure volume on ovarian cancer survival in Japan, a country with low incidence of ovarian cancer

Cancer Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-237

  Ioka, Akiko ^a   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^a   Ajiki, Wakiko ^a   Oshima, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 1842845049     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2004.tb02208.x     Document Type: Article

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