Background Early death after cancer surgery is higher in low-income and middle-income
countries (LMICs) compared with in high-income countries, yet the impact of facility …

Background 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little
comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries …

Background Socioeconomic circumstances can influence access to healthcare, the standard
of care provided, and a variety of outcomes. This study aimed to determine the association …

Background For many cancer resections, a hospital volume-outcome relationship exists. The
data regarding gastric cancer resection—especially in the western hemisphere—are …

Background Using 4-year nationwide population-based data for Taiwan, this study
compared in-hospital surgical mortality rates with hospital volume for five cancer-related …

Background Estimating a population-level benchmark rate for use of surgery in the
management of cancer helps to identify treatment gaps, estimate the survival impact of such …

Importance Leading cancer hospitals have increasingly shared their brands with other
hospitals through growing networks of affiliations. However, the brand of top-ranked cancer …

Objectives: We aimed to examine whether the improved outcome of a digestive cancer
procedure in high-volume hospitals is specific or correlates with that of other digestive …

Background There is a need to increase access to surgical treatments in African countries,
but perioperative complications represent a major global health-care burden. There are few …

Background. The incidence and impact of postoperative complications are poorly described.
Failure-to-rescue, the rate of death following complications, is an important quality measure …