Variability in Reexcision Following Breast Conservation Surgery
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Variability in reexcision following breast conservation surgery.
CONTEXT Health care reform calls for increasing physician accountability and transparency of outcomes. Partial mastectomy is the most commonly performed procedure for invasive breast cancer and often requires reexcision. Variability in reexcision might be reflective of the quality of care. OBJECTIVE To assess hospital and surgeon-specific variation in reexcision rates following partial mastec...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.43