Textbook Oncologic Outcome Summarizes the Perioperative Cancer Journey, but Should it be used to Judge Hospitals?

Rebecca C Auer^{1

2}, Fady K Balaa³

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rauer@ohri.ca.
² Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rauer@ohri.ca.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Rebecca C Auer et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;28(13):8025-8027.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-10714-7. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Rebecca C Auer^{1

2}, Fady K Balaa³

¹ Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rauer@ohri.ca.
² Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rauer@ohri.ca.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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Is Textbook Oncologic Outcome a Valid Hospital-Quality Metric after High-Risk Surgical Oncology Procedures?
Aquina CT, Hamad A, Becerra AZ, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Pawlik TM, Ejaz A. Aquina CT, et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Dec;28(13):8028-8045. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-10478-0. Epub 2021 Aug 15. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021. PMID: 34392460

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