Open AccessHospital Volume and Late Survival After Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
John D. Birkmeyer,
Yating Sun,
Sandra L. Wong,
Thérèse A. Stukel
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000252402.33814.dd
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , cancer , bladder cancer , relative survival , lung cancer , survival rate , colorectal cancer , esophageal cancer , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , epidemiology , proportional hazards model , survival analysis , pneumonectomy , radiation therapy , oncology , surgery , cancer registry
Although hospital procedure volume is clearly related to operative mortality with many cancer procedures, its effect on late survival is not well characterized.