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SUBMITTER: Amr B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341358 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Amr Bassem B Shahtahmassebi Golnaz G Aroori Somaiah S Bowles Matthew J MJ Briggs Christopher D CD Stell David A DA
BMC surgery 20170307 1
<h4>Background</h4>Centralisation of specialist surgical services requires that patients are referred to a regional centre for surgery. This process may disadvantage patients who live far from the regional centre or are referred from other hospitals by making referral less likely and by delaying treatment, thereby allowing tumour progression. The aim of this study is to explore the outcome of surgery for peri-ampullary cancer (PC) with respect to referring hospital and travel distance for treatm ...[more]