The National Cancer Data Base: A powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-690

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a   Stewart, Andrew K ^a   Winchester, David P ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NATIONAL CANCER DATA BASE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; URETER CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149110583     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9747-3     Document Type: Review

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