Breast cancer care in the community: challenges, opportunities, and outcomes
| Autor: | Andrew K. Stewart, Alison L. Laidley, John S. Kennedy, Aaron D. Bleznak, Lisa Bailey, Diana Dickson-Witmer, Emily Penman, Bryan E. Palis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Breast surgery Breast Neoplasms Community Networks Breast cancer Outcome Assessment Health Care Medicine Humans Quality of care Practice Patterns Physicians' skin and connective tissue diseases Survival rate Mastectomy Quality Indicators Health Care business.industry Breast surgeons General surgery Cancer medicine.disease Survival Rate Care in the Community Oncology Family medicine Surgery Female business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Surgical oncology clinics of North America. 20(3) |
| ISSN: | 1558-5042 |
| Popis: | In the USA, 80% of patients with breast cancer are treated by community breast surgeons. NCDB data indicate that there are only small differences in outcomes between lower volume cancer programs and higher volume programs. There is some evidence that breast cancer patients of high-volume breast focused surgeons may have improved outcomes. This article discusses the challenges community breast surgeons face and some ways that the quality of care could be monitored and improved. Quality reporting programs of the Commission on Cancer and Mastery of Breast Surgery Program of the American Society of Breast Surgeons are recommended as tools to track and improve outcomes in breast cancer care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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