The Registry Case Finding Engine: An Automated Tool to Identify Cancer Cases from Unstructured, Free-Text Pathology Reports and Clinical Notes

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 690-697

  Hanauer, David A ^a   Miela, Gretchen ^a   Chinnaiyan, Arul M ^a   Chang, Alfred E ^a   Blayney, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 35348985325     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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