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Evaluation of data quality in the cancer registry: Principles and methods Part II. Completeness.
D. Max Parkin,Freddie Bray +1 more
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This second instalment of a two-part review of data quality methods at the cancer registry focuses on the principles and techniques available for estimating completeness, separating methods into those that are semi-quantitative -- in that they give an indication of the degree of completeness relative to other registries or over time, and more quantitative techniques -- those that provide a numerical evaluation.About:
This article is published in European Journal of Cancer.The article was published on 2009-03-01. It has received 417 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cancer registry & Population.read more
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Completeness of pediatric cancer registration in the Finnish Cancer Registry
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis of data from the Finnish Cancer Registry and National Institute for Health and Welfare that shows clear trends in prognosis for bone marrow transplantation in children aged between six and 18 months.
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North European comparison of treatment strategy and survival in older patients with resectable gastric cancer: A EURECCA upper gastrointestinal group analysis
Y.H.M. Claassen,Johan L. Dikken,Henk H. Hartgrink,W.O. de Steur,Marije Slingerland,Rob H.A. Verhoeven,E. Van Eycken,H. De Schutter,Jan Johansson,Ioannis Rouvelas,Egil Johnson,Geir Olav Hjortland,Lone Susanne Jensen,H. J. Larsson,William H. Allum,Johanneke E.A. Portielje,Esther Bastiaannet,C.J.H. van de Velde +17 more
TL;DR: In the present comparison, treatment strategies with a higher proportion of patients undergoing surgery seemed to be associated with higher survival rates for patients with stages II or III disease.
Cancer in the adolescent and young adult population of Western Australia
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An examination of the NAACCR method of assessing completeness of case ascertainment using the Canadian Cancer Registry.
TL;DR: The age-standardized incidence-to-mortality rate ratio may provide a less complicated method of identifying undercoverage in cancer registries and may provide an option for identifying case-finding difficulty.
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Data quality at the Cancer Registry of Norway: An overview of comparability, completeness, validity and timeliness
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TL;DR: The routines in place at the CRN yields comparable data that can be considered reasonably accurate, close-to-complete and timely, thereby justifying the policy of the reporting of annual incidence one year after the year of diagnosis.
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