There have been many studies of the volume-outcome relationship. In all of these, the unit of analysis is the hospital … or physician. However, this level of analysis is mostly limited to the use of in-hospital mortality rates and is …-outcome relationship on a regional (county or cancer registry) level. Using data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance …

Previous investigators argued that increasing 5-year survival for cancer patients should not be taken as evidence of … increasing 5-year survival rates constitute evidence of success against cancer. We estimate the relationship across cancer sites … measure of progress against cancer, in part because it is potentially subject to lead-time bias, it does contain useful …

Previous investigators argued that increasing 5-year survival for cancer patients should not be taken as evidence of … rates constitute evidence of success against cancer, using data from both the U.S. and Australia. When incidence growth is … 1984 and 2001.While the change in the 5-year survival rate is not a perfect measure of progress against cancer, in part …