## Abstract ## Background Guidelines suggest that surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancer should be conducted in large cancer centres. This national study examined the relationship between hospital volume and outcome in Scotland. ## Methods This was a prospective, population-based study of 32
Impact of concentration of oesophageal and gastric cardia cancer surgery on long-term population-based survival
β Scribed by L. V. van de Poll-Franse; V. E. P. P. Lemmens; J. A. Roukema; J. W. W. Coebergh; G. A. P. Nieuwenhuijzen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 98
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.7493
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