Volume criteria for the treatment of head and neck cancer: Are they evidence based?

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 760-762

  De Ridder, Mischa ^a   Smeele, Ludi E ^a,b   Van Den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a,b,c   Van Harten, Michel C ^a   Wouters, Michel W J M ^a   Balm, Alfons J M ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRALIZATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNGECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; CANCER CENTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84898808856     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23555     Document Type: Note

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