The challenge of developing quality measures for breast cancer surgery

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-510

  Morrow, Monica ^a   Katz, Steven J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; EXCISION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REEXCISION; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84856506399     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.74     Document Type: Editorial

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