The influence of hospital volume and surgical treatment delay on long-term survival after cancer surgery

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2731-2737

  Yun, Y H ^a   Kim, Y A ^b,c   Min, Y H ^b   Park, S ^d   Won, Y J ^d   Kim, D Y ^b   Choi, I J ^b   Kim, Y W ^b   Park, S J ^b   Kim, J H ^e   Lee, D H ^f   Yoon, S J ^c   Jeong, S Y ^g   Noh, D Y ^g   Heo, D S ^h  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^f Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^g Oral Cancer Research Institute   (South Korea)

^h Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Surgical treatment delay; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84867130287     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds101     Document Type: Article

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