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Breast Cancer
Scientists at St. Mary's Hospital report research in breast cancer
October 30th, 2008
"- Good communication of pathologic characteristics of a malignancy is crucial to therapy choices and accurate prognostication. The information must be easily retrieved from a surgical pathology report," scientists writing in the journal Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine report. "- To evaluate, first in 1999, the quality of surgical pathology reports for segmental breast resections for cancer in Quebec hospitals. Subsequently, to reevaluate, in 2003, the same indicators to determine if the first surveillance, with feedback, was associated with an improvement in the quality of the reports. - All Quebec hospitals performing the preset number of 20 or more...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-30)
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