Ascertainment of breast cancer by the Scottish Cancer Registry: An assessment based on comparison with five independent breast cancer trials databases

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-106

  Brewster, David H ^a   Stockton, Diane L ^a  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Breast neoplasms; Cancer registries; Completeness; Data quality; Medical record linkage

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

EID: 38949127776     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.07.044     Document Type: Article

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