Importance of Hospital Volume in the Overall Management of Pancreatic Cancer

To determine whether hospital volume is associated with clinical and economic outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent pancreatic resection, palliative bypass, or endoscopic or percutaneous stent procedures in Maryland between 1990 and 1995.Previous studies have demonstrated that outcomes for patients undergoing a Whipple procedure improve with higher surgical volume, but only 20% to 35% of patients with pancreatic cancer...