Currently available quality improvement initiatives in surgical oncology

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
Ryan P Merkow, Karl Y Bilimoria

Abstract

For most cancers, surgical therapy offers the only hope for cure. Nevertheless, evidence suggests wide variation in cancer care, and therefore it is imperative to ensure that high standards of care are being met. Few initiatives currently exist that are focused on cancer care quality, and there is no program measuring short-term surgical outcomes following cancer surgery. Improvements in care will likely come from performance programs that provide reliable, robust, and actionable information in a timely manner such that performance feedback can occur more frequently and at earlier stages in the treatment and disease process.

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Dec 18, 2013·Annals of Surgical Oncology·Ryan P MerkowTimothy M Pawlik
Jul 17, 2014·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·Zaid M AbdelsattarSandra L Wong
Dec 10, 2013·Seminars in Radiation Oncology·Heather B Neuman, Caprice C Greenberg
Jul 9, 2013·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·Ryan P MerkowKarl Y Bilimoria
Nov 28, 2012·Journal of Oncology Practice·Karl Y Bilimoria
Feb 5, 2019·JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics·Jessica A LaveryKatherine S Panageas
May 10, 2019·Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice·Jessica A LaveryKatherine S Panageas

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