Improving the quality of cancer staging

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 261-263

  Asare, Elliot A ^a,b   Washington, Mary ^c   Gress, Donna M ^d   Gershenwald, Jeffrey E ^e   Greene, Frederick L ^f  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d American Joint Committee on Cancer   (United States)

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

^f LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936846220     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21284     Document Type: Note

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