The National Cancer Data Base: a Powerful Initiative to Improve Cancer Care in the United States

Overview

Journal Ann Surg Oncol

Publisher Springer

Specialty Oncology

Date 2008 Jan 10

PMID 18183467

Citations 579

Authors

Karl Y Bilimoria

Andrew K Stewart

David P Winchester

Clifford Y Ko

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Kennedy T, Stewart A, Bilimoria K, Patel-Parekh L, Sener S, Winchester D . Treatment trends and factors associated with survival in T1aN0 and T1bN0 breast cancer patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007; 14(10):2918-27. DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9441-5. View

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Swanson R, Compton C, Stewart A, Bland K . The prognosis of T3N0 colon cancer is dependent on the number of lymph nodes examined. Ann Surg Oncol. 2003; 10(1):65-71. DOI: 10.1245/aso.2003.03.058. View

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Miller D, Spencer B, Ritchey J, Stewart A, Dunn R, Sandler H . Treatment choice and quality of care for men with localized prostate cancer. Med Care. 2007; 45(5):401-9. DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000255261.81220.29. View

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Warren J, Harlan L . Can cancer registry data be used to study cancer treatment?. Med Care. 2003; 41(9):1003-5. DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000086827.00805.B5. View

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David K, Milowsky M, Ritchey J, Carroll P, Nanus D . Low incidence of perioperative chemotherapy for stage III bladder cancer 1998 to 2003: a report from the National Cancer Data Base. J Urol. 2007; 178(2):451-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.101. View

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Bilimoria K, Bentrem D, Linn J, Freel A, Yeh J, Stewart A . Utilization of total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer in the United States. Surgery. 2007; 142(6):906-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.002. View