The Influence of Hospital Volume on Survival after Resection for Lung Cancer

Abstract

Patients who undergo resection for lung cancer at hospitals that perform large numbers of such procedures are likely to survive longer than patients who have such surgery at hospitals with a low volume of lung-resection procedures.

Keywords

MedicineLung cancerEpidemiologySurgeryPopulationResectionPneumonectomyStage (stratigraphy)Mortality rateCancerEmergency medicineInternal medicine

Affiliated Institutions

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center US

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 345
Issue: 3
Pages: 181-188
Citations: 693
Access: Closed

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                                    Peter B. Bach, 
                                
                                    Laura D. Cramer, 
                                
                                    Deborah Schrag
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            The Influence of Hospital Volume on Survival after Resection for Lung Cancer. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 345
                            (3)
                            , 181-188.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200107193450306
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm200107193450306