Top-ranked cancer hospitals outperform affiliates in surgical safety, mortality risk

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Patients who undergo complex cancer surgery at hospitals affiliated with top-ranked cancer centers have a significantly higher risk for mortality than patients who undergo such surgeries at the flagship institutions, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

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