Quality indicators for testicular cancer: A population-based study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1133-1140

  Vlayen, Joan ^a   Vrijens, France ^a   Devriese, Stephan ^a   Beirens, Koen ^b   Van Eycken, Elizabeth ^b   Stordeur, Sabine ^a  

^a BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Cancer Register   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health care; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Registries; Survival analysis; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860480407     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Belgian Cancer Registry. Annual statistics after 1999. Brussels; 2011.
2. A. Rosen, G. Jayram, M. Drazer, and S.E. Eggener Global trends in testicular cancer incidence and mortality Eur Urol 60 2 2011 374 379
3. Van Eycken E, De Wever N. Cancer incidence and survival in Flanders, 2000-2001. Brussels; 2006.
4. U. Nur, B. Rachet, E. Mitry, N. Cooper, and M.P. Coleman Survival from testicular cancer in England and Wales up to 2001 Br J Cancer 99 Suppl. 1 2008 S80 S82
5. R.H.A. Verhoeven, J.W.W. Coebergh, L.A.L.M. Kiemeney, E.L. Koldewijn, and S. Houterman Testicular cancer: trends in mortality are well explained by changes in treatment and survival in the southern Netherlands since 1970 Eur J Cancer 43 17 2007 2553 2558
6. B. Tombal, J. Vlayen, and S. Stordeur Scientific support of the College of Oncology: update of the national guidelines on testicular cancer 2010 Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) Brussels
7. H. Brenner, and T. Hakulinen Substantial overestimation of standard errors of relative survival rates of cancer patients Am J Epidemiol 161 8 2005 781 786
8. D.J. Spiegelhalter Funnel plots for comparing institutional performance Stat Med 24 2005 1185 1202
9. S.M. Gilbert, S. Daignault, A.Z. Weizer, J.T. Wei, and B.K. Hollenbeck The use of tumor markers in testis cancer in the United States: a potential quality issue Urol Oncol 26 2 2008 153 157
10. Vereniging Integrale Kankercentra. Cijfers over kanker. Overleving [Data on cancer. Survival]. Utrecht; 2010.
11. F. Bray, A. Klint, and M. Gislum Trends in survival of patients diagnosed with male genital cancers in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up until the end of 2006 Acta Oncol 49 5 2010 644 654
12. N. Howlander, A.M. Noone, and M. Krapcho SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2008 2011 National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
13. Mazeau-Woynar V, Cerf N. Survie attendue des patients atteints de cancers en France: état des lieux [Expected survival of cancer patients in France: current situation]. Paris; 2010.
14. S. Suzumura, A. Ioka, and T. Nakayama Hospital procedure volume and prognosis with respect to testicular cancer patients: a population-based study in Osaka, Japan Cancer Sci 99 11 2008 2260 2263
15. S. Stordeur, F. Vrijens, and S. Devriese Developing and measuring a set of process and outcome indicators for breast cancer Breast 2011 10.1016/j.breast.2011.10.003
16. M. Osswald, L.C. Harlan, D. Penson, J.L. Stevens, and L.X. Clegg Treatment of a population based sample of men diagnosed with testicular cancer in the United States Urol Oncol 27 6 2009 604 610