The influence of hospital volume on survival after resection for lung cancer

Authors :: Bach, Peter B.
Cramer, Laura D.
Schrag, Deborah
Downey, Robert J.
Gelfand, Sarah E.
Begg, Colin B.
Source :: The New England Journal of Medicine. July 19, 2001, Vol. 345 Issue 3, p181, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Patients with lung cancer may survive longer if they have surgery at a hospital whose surgeons have experience doing these types of procedures. This was the conclusion of a study of 2,118 lung cancer patients who had surgery at 76 different hospitals.