Impact of care at comprehensive cancer centers on outcome: Results from a population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 3885-3893

  Wolfson, Julie A ^a   Sun, Can Lan ^a   Wyatt, Laura P ^a   Hurria, Arti ^a   Bhatia, Smita ^a,b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cancer centers; National Cancer Institute; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUTH CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945438711     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29576     Document Type: Review

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