Mortality variations after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers

A pilot study has shown large variations between European countries in patient survival after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers. The 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1] heard that the reasons for these differences are not clear and cannot be explained simply in terms of the volume of patients treated at each hospital...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Surgery Source Type: news