Monitoring the Delivery of Cancer Care
The primary objective of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) is to ensure the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality care that improves survival while maintaining quality of life for patients with cancer….
Currently Available Quality Improvement Initiatives in Surgical Oncology
For most cancers, surgical therapy offers the only hope for cure. Nevertheless, evidence suggests wide variation in cancer care, and therefore it is imperative to ensure that high standards of…
Outcomes Research in Surgical Oncology
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, Guest Editor Approximately 1.5 million new cancers are diagnosed every year in the United States. Despite improvements in medical therapy, surgical resection remains the…
