Comparison of a specialist haematological malignancy database against a regional cancer registry: Case ascertainment and diagnostic accuracy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 697-705

  Phekoo, Karen ^a   Møller, Henrik ^b   Richards, Mike ^c   Schey, Steve ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case ascertainment; Data quality; Diagnostic accuracy; Haematological malignancies; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744414178     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03854.x     Document Type: Article

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