The Effect of Hospital Volume on Breast Cancer Mortality

A. Greenup, Rachel; Obeng‐Gyasi, Samilia; M. Thomas, Samantha; Paige Houck, Klara; O. Lane, Whitney; Blitzblau, Rachel; Hyslop, Terry; Shelley Hwang, E.

doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000002095

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The Effect of Hospital Volume on Breast Cancer Mortality

Published in Annals of Surgery • Nov 23, 2016

Authors:

Rachel A. Greenup

Samilia Obeng‐Gyasi

Samantha M. Thomas

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether hospital volume was associated with mortality in breast cancer, and what thresholds of case volume impacted survival. BACKGROUND: Prior literature has demonstrated improved survival with treatment at high volume centers among less common canc...

Subject

Medicine

Breast cancer

Proportional hazards model

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