Identification in administrative databases of women dying of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 856-862

  Gagnon, Bruno ^a   Mayo, Nancy E ^a   Laurin, Carroll ^a   Hanley, James A ^a   McDonald, Neil ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33644929997     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.02.1790     Document Type: Article

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