Quality pancreatic cancer care: It's still mostly about volume

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 837-838

  Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CANCER CENTER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449161480     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp138     Document Type: Editorial

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