Benefits of specialisation in the management of pancreatic cancer: Results of a Scottish population-based study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 459-465

  Parks, R W ^a   Bettschart, V ^a   Frame, S ^b   Stockton, D L ^b   Brewster, D H ^b   Garden, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Information and Statistics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultant volume; Hospital volume; Pancreatic cancer; Resection; Specialisation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 4143064994     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601999     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Bachmann MO, Alderson D, Peters TJ, Bedford C, Edwards D, Wotton S, Harvey IM (2003) Influence of specialization on the management and outcome of patients with pancreatic cancer. Br J Surg 90: 171-177
2. Baumel H, Huguier M, Manderscheid JC, Fabre JM, Houry S, Fagot H (1994) Results of resection for cancer of the exocrine pancreas: a study from the French Association of Surgery. Br J Surg 81: 102-107
3. Birkmeyer JD, Siewers AE, Finlayson EVA, Stukel TA, Lucas FL, Batista I, Welch HG, Wennberg DE (2002) Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States. New Engl J Med 346: 1128-1137
4. Bramhall SR, Allum WH, Jones AG, Allwood A, Cummins C, Neoptolemos JP (1995) Treatment and survival in 13 560 patients with pancreatic cancer, and incidence of the disease, in the West Midlands: an epidemiological study. Br J Surg 82: 111-115
5. Brewster D, Crichton J, Harvey JC, Dawson G (1997) Completeness of case ascertainment in a Scottish Regional Cancer Registry for the year 1992. Public Health 111: 339-343
6. Brewster DH, Stockton D, Harvey J, Mackay M (2002) Reliability of cancer registration data in Scotland, 1997. Eur J Cancer 38: 414-417
7. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR (1987) A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chron Dis 40: 373-383
8. Clinical Outcomes Working Group (1996) Clinical Outcome Indicators. Edinburgh: The Scottish Office
9. Coleman MP, Babb P, Damiecki P, Grosclaude P, Honjo S, Jones J, Knerer G, Pitard A, Quinn M, Sloggett A, De Stavola B (1999) Cancer survival trends in England and Wales, 1971-1995: deprivation and NHS Region, SMPS No. 61. London: The Stationery Office
10. Collett D (1994) Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research. London: Chapman & Hall
11. Edge SB, Schmieg Jr RE, Rosenlof LK, Wilhelm MC (1993) Pancreas cancer resection outcome in American University centers in 1989-1990. Cancer 71: 3502-3508
12. Garden OJ (2001) Pancreatic cancer. In Cancer Scenarios, Black R, Stockton D (eds) pp 82-91, Edinburgh: The Scottish Executive
13. Gordon TA, Burleyson GP, Tielsch JM, Cameron JL (1995) The effects of regionalization on cost and outcome for one general high-risk surgical procedure. Ann Surg 221: 43-49
14. Gordon TA, Bowman HM, Bass EB, Lillemoe KD, Yeo CJ, Heitmiller RF, Choti MA, Burleyson GP, Hsieh G, Cameron JL (1999) Complex gastrointestinal surgery: impact of provider experience on clinical and economic outcomes. J Am Coll Surg 189: 46-56
15. Gouma DJ, van Geenen RC, van Gulik TM, de Haan RJ, de Wit LT, Busch OR, Obertop H (2000) Rates of complications and death after pancreaticoduodenectomy: risk factors and the impact of hospital volume. Ann Surg 232: 786-795
16. Gudjonsson B (1995) Carcinoma of the pancreas: critical analysis of costs, results of resections and the need for standardized reporting. J Am Coll Surg 181: 483-503
17. Halm EA, Lee C, Chassin MR (2002) Is volume related to outcome in health care? A systematic review and methodologic critique of the literature. Ann Intern Med 137: 511-520
18. Harley K, Jones C (1996) Quality of Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR) data. Health Bull (Edinburgh) 54: 410-417
19. Imperato PJ, Nenner RP, Starr HA, Will TO, Rosenberg CR, Deari MB (1996) The effects of regionalization on clinical outcomes for a high risk surgical procedure: a study of the Whipple procedure in New York State. Am J Med Qual 11: 193-197
20. Kendrick S, Clarke J (1993) The Scottish record linkage system. Health Bull (Edinburgh) 51: 72-79
21. Lieberman MD, Kilburn H, Lindsey M, Brennan MF (1995) Relation of perioperative deaths to hospital volume among patients undergoing pancreatic resection for malignancy. Ann Surg 222: 638-645
22. Loefler IJP (2000) The renaissance of general surgery. BMJ 320: 436-438
23. Morris R, Carstairs V (1991) Which deprivation? A comparison of selected deprivation indexes. J Public Health Med 13: 318-326
24. Nakao A, Takagi H (1998) Problems in pancreatic cancer surgery. Semin Surg Oncol 15: 52-56
25. Neoptolemos JP, Russell RC, Bramhall S, Theis B (1997) Low mortality following resection for pancreatic and periampullary tumours in 1026 patients: UK survey of specialist pancreatic units. UK Pancreatic Cancer Group. Br J Surg 84: 1370-1376
26. NHS Executive (2001) Guidance in Commissioning Cancer Services. Improving Outcomes in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers. London: Department of Health
27. Office for National Statistics (2002) Cancer Statistics: Registrations, Series MB1 No. 30 London: HMSO
28. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (1990) Tabular List of the Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures. Fourth Revision. London: The Stationery Office
29. Parkin DM, Whelan SL, Ferlay J, Teppo L, Thomas DB (eds) (2002) Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol VIII, IARC Scientific Publications No. 155. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer
30. Quinn M, Babb P, Brock A, Kirby L, Jones J (2001) Cancer Trends in England and Wales 1950-1999, SMPS No. 66. London: The Stationery Office
31. Rosemurgy AS, Bloomston M, Serafini FM, Coon B, Murr MM, Carey LC (2001) Frequency with which surgeons undertake pancreaticoduodenectomy determines length of stay, hospital charges, and in-hospital mortality. J Gastrointest Surg 5: 21-26
32. Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit (2000) Trends in Cancer Survival in Scotland, 1971-1995. Edinburgh: Information & Statistics Division
33. Sener SF, Fremgen A, Menck HR, Winchester DP (1999) Pancreatic cancer: a report of treatment and survival trends for 100 313 patients diagnosed from 1985-1995 using the National Cancer Database. J Am Coll Surg 189: 1-7
34. Simunovic M, To T, Theriault M, Langer B (1999) Relation between hospital surgical volume and outcome for pancreatic resection for neoplasm in a publicly funded health care system. CMAJ 160: 643-648
35. Sosa JA, Bowman HM, Gordon TA, Bass EB, Yeo CJ, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Tielsch JM, Cameron JL (1998) Importance of hospital volume in the overall management of pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg 228: 429-438
36. Teisberg P, Hansen FH, Hotvedt R, Ingebrigtsen T, Kvalvik AG, Lund E, Myhre HO, Skjeldestad FE, Vatten L, Norderhaug I (2001) Hospital volume and quality of health outcome. Oslo: SMM - The Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment, Available at: www.oslo.sintef.no/smm/Publications/ Engsmdrag/FramesetPublications.htm
37. Wade TP, Radford DM, Virgo KS, Johnson FE (1994) Complications and outcomes in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the United States veteran. J Am Coll Surg 179: 38-48
38. Wade TP, Kraybill WG, Virgo KS, Johnson FE (1995) Pancreatic cancer treatment in the U.S. veteran from 1987 to 1991: effect of tumor stage on survival. J Surg Oncol 58: 104-111
39. Wade TP, Halaby IA, Stapleton DR, Virgo KS, Johnson FE (1996) Population-based analysis of treatment of pancreatic cancer and Whipple resection: Department of Defense hospitals, 1989-1994. Surgery 120: 680-687
40. World Health Organization (2001) Mortality Database. Geneva: WHO, Available at: http://www.who.int/whosis
41. Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Lillemoe KD, Sitzmann JV, Hruban RH, Goodman SN, Dooley WC, Coleman J, Pitt HA (1995) Pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer of the head of the pancreas. 201 patients. Ann Surg 221: 721-733