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The National Cancer Data Base 10-year survey of breast carcinoma treatment at hospitals in the United States

✍ Scribed by Kirby I. Bland; Herman R. Menck; Carol E. H. Scott-Conner; Monica Morrow; David J. Winchester; David P. Winchester

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 109 KB
Volume: 83
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980915)83:6<1262::aid-cncr28>3.0.co;2-2

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✦ Synopsis

a joint project of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and the American Cancer Society, is a cancer management and outcome data base for health care organizations. It provides a comparative summary of patient care that is used by participating hospitals and communities for self-assessment. The most current (1995) data are described herein.

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