title: Clinical highlights from the National Cancer Data Base: 1995.
abstract: The National Cancer Data Base, a joint project of the American Cancer Society and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, provides a mechanism for periodic assessment of hospital-based cancer patient care. From the National Cancer Data Base's annual summary, health care professionals can evaluate trends in patient care to make more efficient treatment decisions. This article provides a first look at highlights of the 1995 annual summary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jessup
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Winchester
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Menck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology