Publications by authors named "Anita Savidan"
Background: Over the last three decades, the use of outpatient surgery has been steadily increasing. Simultaneously, there has been an inciting movement to measure and improve healthcare quality and safety. Nevertheless, anaesthesia-related morbidity remains significant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cancer survivors are a heterogeneous group with complex health problems. Data concerning its total number and growing dynamics for Switzerland are scarce and outdated.
Methods: Population and mortality data were retrieved from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy in early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the NCCN, NIH and the St.Gallen bi-annual conference.
Methods: We included 1,535 patients from seven Swiss cancer registries between 2003 and 2005 receiving chemotherapy for stage I to III BC.
Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy for patients with early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the St. Gallen biannual conference. This population-based study assessed the patterns of chemotherapy use in early BC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Mortality expressed as potential years of life lost (PYLL) underscores premature and preventable mortality. We analysed causes of and trends in premature death in Switzerland to highlight the areas which provide the greatest potential outcome for preventive measures.
Methods: Premature mortality rates and trends from 1995-2006 were examined by reviewing potential years of life lost between age 1 and 70, as the upper age limit, considering 4 main categories: circulatory diseases, cancer, external causes of mortality and other causes, and 19 specific causes of death.