Risk-adjusted pathologic margin positivity rate as a quality indicator in rectal cancer surgery

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 2967-2974

  Massarweh, Nader N ^a   Hu, Chung Yuan ^a   You, Y Nancy ^a   Bednarski, Brian K ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel A ^a   Skibber, John M ^a   Cantor, Scott B ^a   Cormier, Janice N ^a   Feig, Barry W ^a   Chang, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECTUM CANCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907203380     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.5334     Document Type: Article

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