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Quality Measurement in Cancer Care Delivery

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During the past decade, increasing emphasis has been placed on defining and measuring the quality of health care delivery. The Outcomes Committee of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) was established in 2008 to explore and promote emerging outcomes-related topics that are most relevant to society membership. In recognition of the importance of health care quality, a mini-symposium was held at the SSO’s 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium in St. Louis, Missouri, in March 2010. The primary objective of the symposium was to define what constitutes quality measurement in cancer care. This article presents an overview of the symposium proceedings.

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Acknowledgment

We appreciate the secretarial assistance of Sue Louiseau, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. The authors listed in this article (except Dr. Clifford Ko) represent current and outgoing members of the Society of Surgical Oncology Outcomes Research Committee, who contributed to the design and preparation of the mini-symposium held in March 2010 at the 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium in St. Louis, Missouri. We also acknowledge the incoming members, Drs. Robert S. Krouse, Steve K. Libutti, Carol J. Swallow, and Jeffrey D. Wayne for critical review of the manuscript.

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  1. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Nabil Wasif MD

  2. University of Texas MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Janice N. Cormier MD

  3. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Clifford Y. Ko MD

  4. Lacks Cancer Center, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Laurence E. McCahill MD

  5. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Stephen B. Edge MD

  6. University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Sandra L. Wong MD

  7. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Thomas Anthony MD

  8. The Iowa Clinic/John Stoddard Cancer Center, West Des Moines, IA, USA

    Daniel Kollmorgen MD

  9. Elizabeth Pfriem SWIM Center for Cancer Care, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA

    Stuart G. Marcus MD

  10. John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center, Leigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

    Aaron Bleznak MD

  11. Center for Melanoma Research and Treatment, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Stanley P. L. Leong MD

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Wasif, N., Cormier, J.N., Ko, C.Y. et al. Quality Measurement in Cancer Care Delivery. Ann Surg Oncol 18, 611–618 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1513-2

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