1. Hospital Lymph Node Counts and Survival After Radical Cystectomy.
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Hollenbeck, Brent K., Ye, Zajoun, Wong, Sandra L., Montie, James E., and Birkmeyer, John D.
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BLADDER cancer , *CANCER patients , *CYSTS (Pathology) , *SURGERY , *LYMPH nodes , *HOSPITALS , *PHYSICIANS , *ONCOLOGY - Abstract
The article focuses on a study which suggests that bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy at hospitals with high lymph node counts tend to have higher survival rates. It states that hospitals with low lymph node count tended to treat those who were older, had more comorbidity, were of lower socioeconomic status and had lower procedure volumes. It cites that lymph node counts may reflect changing practice patterns according to physician characteristics, such as specialized oncology training.
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- 2008
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