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Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?

  1. Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer Ph.D.1,†,*,
  2. Philip P. Goodney M.D.2,
  3. Therese A. Stukel Ph.D.3,
  4. Bruce E. Hillner M.D.4,
  5. John D. Birkmeyer M.D.1

Article first published online: 27 DEC 2004

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20785

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 103, Issue 3, pages 435–441, 1 February 2005

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Birkmeyer, N. J. O., Goodney, P. P., Stukel, T. A., Hillner, B. E. and Birkmeyer, J. D. (2005), Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?. Cancer, 103: 435–441. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20785

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  2. 2

    Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

  3. 3

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

  1. †

    Fax: (734) 763-5615

*Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 2101 Taubman Health Care Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0346

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 OCT 2004
  4. Manuscript Revised: 4 OCT 2004
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 SEP 2004

Funded by

  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: R01 CA098481
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Grant Number: K02 HS11288

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