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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on January 8, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(2):86-91; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm316
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PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

Key to Finding Quality Cancer Hospitals and Surgeons Is Finding Out How Much They Practice

Mary Beckman

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A person newly diagnosed with cancer has enough things to worry about without having to struggle to find the best care. Many just go to whomever their primary physician recommends. But people who want to make more informed choices have a hard time finding out who is the best.

In this age of answers a mouse click away, patients must do some old-fashioned phone calling and digging to get the facts they need to find the best doctor. And the facts they can get on the Internet or from organizations aren’t what they really need, although those resources might do a good enough job pointing out the better hospitals and surgeons until health care organizations get together and provide data that consumers can use. Those data might include the number of surgeries performed at a hospital, which tells you generally about the quality of care you might expect. But cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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