Quality Measures for Breast Cancer Surgery

Quality measures in breast cancer surgery.

The development of accurate quality performance measures in breast cancer surgery is extremely challenging as highlighted by Monica Morrow in a recent editorial 1 . Traditional quality measures in surgical oncology have focused on 30-day morbidity and mortality which are not relevant to breast cancer surgery which is typically associated with low morbidity and mortality. Dr Morrow suggests that...

Surgery for Breast Cancer

does time of day affect quality of breast cancer surgery?

background: time of day can affect the outcome of medical procedures and surgical operations. the current study was designed to assess whether time of day can influence the quality of breast cancer surgery or not. methods: patients who underwent breast cancer surgery and axillary lymph node dissection in tehran, iran between march 2012 and march 2013 were enrolled. surgeries were categorized in...

Breast reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer.

1590 n engl j med 359;15 www.nejm.org october 9, 2008 This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major clinical studies, the clinical use of this therapy, and potential adverse effects are reviewed. Relevant formal guidelines, if they exist, are pr...

Organization-based performance measures of cancer care quality: core measure development for breast cancer in Taiwan.

The purpose of the study was to develop organization-based core performance measures (CPMs) for breast cancer patients treated in hospitals that participated in cancer quality improvement programmes in Taiwan. CPMs were developed in three stages that included a preparation, a consensus building stage, and two stages of stakeholder feedback. Three criteria and seven subcriteria were applied in t...