The relationship between volume or surgeon specialty and outcome in the surgical treatment of lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1170-1178

  Von Meyenfeldt, Erik M ^a   Gooiker, Gea A ^b   Van Gijn, Willem ^b   Post, Piet N ^c   Van De Velde, Cornelis J H ^b   Tollenaar, Rob A E M ^b   Klomp, Houke M ^a   Wouters, Michel W J M ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Post voor Zorg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Procedural volume; Quality improvement; Surgeon specialty; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL AUDIT; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIALIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84862845472     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318257cc45     Document Type: Article

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