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Breast Cancer
Treatment outcomes improve when initial care received at larger hospitals
November 17th, 2005
Study shows that treatment outcomes are improved when initial care for early-stage breast cancer is received at larger hospitals. Researchers in Canada conducted a study "To understand the relation between hospital of initial treatment and the survival of women with breast cancer." N. Hebert-Croteau and colleagues "investigated the characteristics of the treatment center that were related most to outcome. The authors selected women from 5 regions of Quebec, Canada, who were diagnosed with lymph node-negative breast cancer between 1988 and 1994." "Data were collected by chart review, queries to physicians, and linkage with administrative data bases,"...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-17)
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