Accuracy of The Oncology Patients Information System in a regional cancer centre

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 167-169

  Yau, Jonathan C ^a   Chan, Arlene ^a   Eapen, Tamina ^a   Oirourke, Keith ^a   Eapen, Libni ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONTARIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036134153     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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