How We Rate in Quality Studies

Torrance Memorial participates in ongoing quality studies to measure and compare our experience to established medical standards, or benchmarks established by outside healthcare review agencies. Measuring hospital quality is very complex due to the complexity and variability of patient conditions, as well as inconsistent sources of data between hospitals. Nevertheless, quality studies are slowly becoming more available as the healthcare community gains consensus on how to perform these studies.

As a consumer trying to make an informed decision on your healthcare provider, you will benefit by becoming knowledgeable of the results of these studies.

• Cancer Survival

Cancer Survival

Early Detection and treatment of cancer has long been a strong specialty at Torrance Memorial. Our Diagnostic Centers offer South Bay area women the full compliment of available technology and highly trained physicians to diagnose cancer early, a key to improving your odds for survival.

Cancer Survival

The five-year cancer survival rate reflects the number of women who have survived cancer five years after its initial diagnosis.

Results:

The five-year survival rate of cancer patients diagnosed at Torrance Memorial, at each stage of their cancer, is higher than the national average.

*Source: National Cancer Data Base, a joint project of the American Cancer Society and American College of Surgeons, cancer cases diagnosed in 1993-1994.
**Stages 0-3 represent the different levels of progression of the cancer at the time of the diagnosis. For example, Stage 0 is an early cancer and is associated with the highest five-year survival.