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Table 1 Definition of quality indicators for surgical care of breast cancer

From: Factors analysis on the use of key quality indicators for narrowing the gap of quality of care of breast cancer

Title

Quality indicators

Process

 1

Breast cancer patients who received mammography or breast ultrasound before surgery

 2

Breast cancer patients who had diagnosis in cytology and/or histology before surgery

 3

Breast cancer patients who received ER and PR assessment before systemic therapy

 4

HER2 assessment before systemic therapy

 5

Stage I-II breast cancer patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery

 6

Breast cancer patients who received sentinel lymph nodes biopsy

 7

Breast cancer patients who received axillary lymph nodes dissection

 8

Premenopausal breast cancer patients who were administrated adjuvant chemotherapy

 9

Postmenopausal breast cancer patients with high risk who received Adjuvant chemotherapy

 10

Breast cancer patients who were administrated at least four cycles of Adjuvant chemotherapy

 11

Breast cancer patients treated by trastuzumab in whom heart function was monitored every 3 months

 12

Breast cancer patient whose radiotherapy treatment was completed within a 7-week interval from the initiation of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery

 13

Breast cancer patients who received standard dose of radiotherapy at the whole breast after breast-conserving surgery

 14

Breast cancer patients who received adjuvant radiotherapy at chest wall

 15

Breast cancer patients who received tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitor treatment

 16

Breast cancer patients who received neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

 17

Breast cancer patients with hormone receptor status of the tumor stated in Pathology report

 18

Breast cancer patients with pathology report stated category of primary tumor and regional lymph nodes with histologic grade

 19

Breast cancer patients with pathology report stated number of Examined lymph nodes and positive nodes

 20

Breast cancer patients with hormone receptor status of the tumor Stated in pathology report

 21

Breast cancer patients with tumor size documented in pathology report

Management of symptoms or treatment toxicity

 22

Breast cancer patients who were administrated potent anti-emetic therapy

Communication and Cooperation

 23

Breast cancer patients who were recommended for five-year endocrine treatment