Higher surgeon and hospital volume improves long-term survival after radical cystectomy

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3546-3554

  Kulkarni, Girish S ^a,b,c   Urbach, David R ^b,c   Austin, Peter C ^a,c,d   Fleshner, Neil E ^b   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bladder cancer; bladder neoplasm; cystectomy; outcomes; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER NEOPLASM; CYSTECTOMY; OUTCOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884910089     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28235     Document Type: Article

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