title: [Effect of regional centralized treatment on chances of survival in rectal cancer in East Germany].
abstract: Based on cases of rectum-carcinoma reported to the National Cancer Registry a population based method is demonstrated to measure the influence of a regional-centralized treatment on the relative survival rates for cancer patients. This new approach use a centralization-index, characterizing the centralization of treatment activities in single countries. It is shown, that the end results in regions with a high index are much better than that in other regions.
authors.affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Krebsforschung der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Robert-Rössle-Institut Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möhner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Slisów
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Untersuchung zum Einfluss der regional zentralisierten Behandlung auf die Uberlebenschancen beim Rektumkarzinom in der DDR.