Impact of hospital volume on recurrence and survival after surgery for gastric cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-434

  Enzinger, Peter C ^a   Benedetti, Jacqueline K ^b   Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A ^a   McCoy, Sheryl ^b   Hundahl, Scott A ^c   Macdonald, John S ^d   Fuchs, Charles S ^a,e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP STATISTICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247555592     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000245469.35088.42     Document Type: Article

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