The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Variations in survival and perioperative complications between hospitals based on data from two phase III clinical trials for oesophageal cancer.
Variations in institutional practice may contribute to different outcomes of cancer treatment. The impact of interinstitutional heterogeneity on outcomes between hospitals after oesophagectomy has not been examined previously using data from surgical clinical trials. ⋯ Interinstitutional heterogeneity regarding complications and survival after oesophagectomy is a problem that merits wider consideration.