title: Building Data Infrastructure to Evaluate and Improve Quality: The National Cancer Data Base and the Commission on Cancer's Quality Improvement Programs.
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH lawrence_shulman@dfci.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Lawrence N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Greer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palis
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer, Chicago, IL; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKellar
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States