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. 2008 Mar;15(3):683-90.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-007-9747-3. Epub 2008 Jan 9.

The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States

Karl Y Bilimoria  1 , Andrew K Stewart, David P Winchester, Clifford Y Ko
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The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States

Karl Y Bilimoria et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Mar.
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Percentage distribution of the type of hospitals that report to the NCDB and the percentage of cases contributed by each hospital to the NCDB for 2005. NCDB, National Cancer Data Base.
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Sample benchmark report comparing hospitals on the administration/consideration of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer. Note that only the reporting hospital (arrow) can see their individual performance. Results are blinded for all other hospitals. The x-axis represents 110 different Commission on Cancer (CoC)-approved hospitals.
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References

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    1. Winchester DP, Stewart AK, Bura C, et al. The National Cancer Data Base: A clinical surveillance and quality improvement tool. J Surg Oncol 2004;85:1–3 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Commission on Cancer. http://www.facs.org/cancer. Cited 15 July 2007
    1. Commission on Cancer. Cancer Program Approval. http://www.facs.org/cancer/coc/whatis.html. Cited 1 July 2007

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