Does center volume correlate with survival from breast cancer?

Breast Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-244

  Scharl, Anton ^a   Göhring, Uwe Jochen ^b  

^a KLINIKUM ST MARIEN   (Germany)

^b Brustzentrum Johanniterkrankenhaus Bonn ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caseload; Specialization; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGEON;

EID: 70249109417     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229531     Document Type: Review

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