Quality indicators for gastric cancer surgery: A survey of practicing pathologists in Ontario

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1883-1889

  Qureshi, Alia P ^a   Ottensmeyer, C Andrea ^b   Mahar, Alyson L ^b   Chetty, Runjan ^c   Pollett, Aaron ^d   Wright, Frances C ^a,e   Coburn, Natalie G ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649207657     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0468-7     Document Type: Review

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