Clinical highlights from the National Cancer Data Base, 1998.
The National Cancer Data Base is a community-oriented cancer management and outcomes database that is the joint project of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society. This article provides a first look at highlights from the 1998 summary.
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