Treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma may differ among Hospital types in the United States, a report from the national cancer data base

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-420

  Reid Lombardo, Kaye M ^a   Gay, Greer ^b   Patel Parekh, Lina ^b   Ajani, Jaffer A ^c   Donohue, John H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Hospital volume; NCDB; Operative mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250671553     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-006-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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