This is a news story, but the link to the original study is at the bottom of it. It looks at outcomes from major institutions vs small regional hospitals. I suspect you already know what the outcomes are. When you consider that there are a large number of oral cancer patients that are treated as outpatients by ENT doctors that are not even looked at by this study, the situation is likely even worse.

http://oralcancernews.org/wp/prereferral-head-and-neck-cancer-treatment/

Last edited by Brian Hill; 01-06-2011 09:23 PM. Reason: fix link

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.