Improving outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer through centralization

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1455-1462

  Lemmens, V E P P ^a,c   Bosscha, K ^d   Van Der Schelling, G ^e   Brenninkmeijer, S ^f   Coebergh, J W W ^a,c   De Hingh, I H J T ^b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; DUODENUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATIC DUCT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANCREAS TUMOR; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VATER PAPILLA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052394591     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7581     Document Type: Article

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