Does high surgeon and hospital surgical volume raise the five-year survival rate for breast cancer? A population-based study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-356

  Chen, Chin Shyan ^a,b   Liu, Tsai Ching ^a,b   Lin, Herng Ching ^c   Lien, Yung Chang ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer surgery; Surgical volume; Survival; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 44849117167     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9715-4     Document Type: Article

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