Linking data from hospital and cancer registry databases: Should this be standard practice?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 566-573

  Field, K ^a,b   Kosmider, S ^a,b   Johns, J ^a   Farrugia, H ^c   Hastie, I ^a   Croxford, M ^b   Chapman, M ^d   Harold, M ^d   Murigu, N ^a   Gibbs, P ^a,b,d,e  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Royal Parade   (Australia)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

colorectal neoplasm; data collection; medical oncology; outcome assessment (health care); registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955817624     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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