@article{18d30dcae5ed41c686b2f99c5cc49c53,
title = "Quality assurance and quality control in surgical oncology",
abstract = "Even though surgery has remained a key component within multi-disciplinary cancer care, the expectations have changed. Instead of serving as a modality to free a patient of a mass at all means and at the risk of high morbidity, modern cancer surgery is expected to provide adequate tumor clearance with lowest invasiveness. This review summarizes the evidence on quality assurance in surgical oncology and gives a comprehensive overview of quality improvement tools.",
keywords = "cancer care, quality assessment, quality improvement, quality indicator",
author = "Hardt, {Julia L.} and Merkow, {Ryan P.} and Christoph Reissfelder and Rahbari, {Nuh N.}",
note = "Funding Information: Another milestone quality improvement initiative was launched by the European Commission: the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) which supported by representatives from 35 European countries. The ECIBC Guidelines Development Group updates the European Guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer care and the Quality Assurance Scheme Development Group defines quality requirements for European breast centers. 72 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Journal of Surgical Oncology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1002/jso.27074",
language = "English (US)",
journal = "Journal of surgical oncology",
issn = "0022-4790",
publisher = "Wiley-Liss Inc.",
}
