Esophageal Cancer Surgery Volume
At Individual Hospitals.
California
Hospitals.
Florida
Hospitals.
Iowa
Hospitals.
Maryland
Hospitals.
New
Jersey Hospitals.
New
York Hospitals.
Pennsylvania
Hospitals.
Washington State Hospitals.
Wisconsin
Hospitals.
Research Showing a
Correlation Between a Relatively High Volume of Surgery for Cancer of the
Esophagus and Lower
Death Rates from the Surgery.
Methodology.
The
following research found a marked correlation between higher volume
of surgery for cancer of the esophagus and lower death rates from
the surgery.
Patti et al., A Hospital's Annual Rate of
Esophagectomy Influences the Operative Mortality Rate,
(National Library of Medicine's Medline abstract) J.
Gastrointest. Surg., vol 2: 186-192, 1998.
Begg
et al., Impact of Hospital Volume on Operative Mortality for
Major Cancer surgery, (National
Library of Medicine's Medline abstract) JAMA, vol 280(20):1747-51,
November 25, 1998.
Methodology.
Volume was
calculated for patients with esophageal cancer having an esophagectomy.
