The Effect of Hospital Volume on Breast Cancer Mortality
Greenup R, Obeng-Gyasi S, Thomas S, Houck K, Lane W, Blitzblau R, Hyslop T, Hwang E. The Effect of Hospital Volume on Breast Cancer Mortality. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 267: 375-381. PMID: 27893532, PMCID: PMC5994238, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-volume centersNational Cancer Data BaseHospital volumeVolume centersBreast cancerHazard ratioImproved survivalStage 0Case volumeMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsMultidisciplinary breast cancer treatmentMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsSurgeons National Cancer Data BaseCox proportional hazards modelAnnual hospital volumeLess common cancersUnilateral breast cancerBreast cancer mortalityBreast cancer patientsCubic spline analysisLog-rank testBreast cancer treatmentCox proportional hazardsProportional hazards modelHigher case volume