Data from a national lung cancer registry contributes to improve outcome and quality of surgery: Danish results

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Jakobsen, Erik ^a   Palshof, Torben ^b   Østerlind, Kell ^c   Pilegaard, Hans ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lung; Outcome; Quality; Registry; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DENMARK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 58349111332     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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