Analysis of contemporary trends in access to high-volume ovarian cancer surgical care

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3422-3430

  Bristow, Robert E ^a   Puri, Isha ^a   Diaz Montes, Teresa P ^a   Giuntoli, Robert L ^a   Armstrong, Deborah K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549116373     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0680-5     Document Type: Article

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