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Breast Cancer
Research affirms connection between surgical expertise and outcome
January 26th, 2006
A leading cancer expert has expressed concern about the link between hospitals carrying out low numbers of breast cancer operations and disproportionately high readmission rates. Professor Ian Fentiman from London's Guy's Hospital made his comments in the International Journal of Clinical Practice after researchers in Korea discovered that 95% of breast cancer surgery readmissions were from hospitals performing fewer than 100 procedures a year. "The growing volume of evidence that surgical expertise has a significant impact on outcome is becoming increasingly hard to ignore" says Fentiman. "The days of the occasional breast cancer surgeon are...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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