Hospital volume and five-year survival after cancer surgery in 2007-2011 in Osaka, Japan

Hospital procedure volume and survival of cancer patients in Osaka, Japan: a population-based study with latest cases.

BACKGROUND Recent studies reported that hospital procedure volume (i.e. volume of patients per hospital receiving a particular treatment)was directly proportional to cancer survival; however the degree of association might be different according to the primary tumor site, extent of disease and year of diagnosis. We performed a systematical examination of survivals by hospital procedure volume a...

Survival rates of childhood cancer patients in Osaka, Japan.

BACKGROUND Survival of childhood cancer patients is often described in specialized hospitals and/or institutions, but not in the general population. METHODS The trends and patterns of childhood cancer survival during 20 years were investigated using the Osaka Cancer Registry's data. The study subjects were 3443 reported cases diagnosed as having the first primary cancer between 1975 and 1994 ...

Recurrence and Five -Year Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients After Surgery

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancyworldwide and its outcome is most closely related to the extent of disease at presentation. Early diagnosis of an asymptomatic recurrence increases the likelihood of a complete surgical resection. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of colorectal cancer recurrence and survival rate within 5 years, after surger...

Five-year Survival Rate in Gastric Cancer Patients and its Related Factors in West Azerbijan Province, Iran During the Period 2011-2013

Background and Aims: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third cause of cancer death globally. This cancer ranks first and fourth in Iranian men and women, respectively. Assessment of survival rate and factors influencing it will make it possible to determine the burden of disease in the population and the relationships between different factors and the survival rate. The pre...

Norovirus storm in Osaka, Japan, last winter (2006/2007).