Improved survival in patients with head and neck cancer treated in higher volume centres: A population-based study in Belgium.
OBJECTIVES: The study investigated the association between hospital volume and observed survival of patients with a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). METHODS: Overall, 9245 patients diagnosed with HNSCC between 2009 and 2014, were identified in the population-based Belgian Cancer Registry. This database was coupled with other databases providing information on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, vital status, and comorbidities. The overall and relative survival probabilities were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier and the Ederer II methods, respectively. The relation between hosp... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Elsevier Science Ltd
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Schlagwörter: | Belgium / Female / Head and Neck Neoplasms / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Survival Analysis / Head and neck cancer / Quality of care / Rare tumours / Reference centres / Squamous cell carcinoma / Volume-outcome analyses |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27367568 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/250315 |