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Quality-of-care indicators for oncology management: an analysis of Asia-Pacific healthcare and oncology indicators.

R Kanesvaran, E Y T Wong, B Keam, N Prasongsook, H Malhotra, J-Y Blay

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Review in ESMO open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

R KanesvaranDivision of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: ravindran.kanesvaran@singhealth.com.sg.
E Y T WongDivision of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
B KeamDepartment of Haematology and Oncology, Seoul National University College Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
N PrasongsookDepartment of Medical Oncology, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
H MalhotraDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sriram Cancer Center, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Hospital, Jaipur, India.
J-Y BlayDepartment of Medicine, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with variable outcomes seen in the Asia-Pacific region due to substantial differences in cancer care and management. Quality indicators are evidence-based, standardized measures of healthcare quality that help measure or quantify healthcare processes, outcomes, and organizational systems to help promote and provide equitable high-quality healthcare. A detailed list of quality indicators in medical, surgical, and palliative oncology was identified from literature reviews. This study, which was commissioned by the ESMO Asia Pacific Public Policy Committee, aims to report on the performance of healthcare and oncology quality indicators across 47 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Medical OncologyNeoplasmsQuality Indicators, Health CareQuality of Health CareAsiaHumansPacific Islandshealth equityoncology carequality index

Identifiers

PMID40056851
PMCPMC11930715

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