The importance of measuring the measures

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1090-1091

  Whitacre, Eric ^a  

^a Breast Center of Southern Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PEER REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 64249137149     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0370-3     Document Type: Editorial

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