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- Title
Association of hospital procedure volume and outcomes in patients with colon cancer at high risk for recurrence.
- Authors
Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A; Catalano, Paul J; Schrag, Deborah; Ayanian, John Z; Haller, Daniel G; Mayer, Robert J; Macdonald, John S; Benson, Al B, 3rd; Fuchs, Charles S
- Abstract
Studies that use registry data have demonstrated superior long-term overall survival after curative surgical resection of colon cancer at hospitals where the volume of such surgeries is high. However, because such administrative data lack information on cancer recurrence, the true nature of this relation remains uncertain.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2003, Vol 139, Issue 8, p649
- ISSN
1539-3704
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-139-8-200310210-00008