Validity of cancer diagnosis in a primary care database compared with linked cancer registrations in England. Population-based cohort study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-429

  Dregan, A ^a   Moller, H ^a   Murray Thomas, T ^b   Gulliford, M C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electronic health records; Epidemiologic methods; Primary care; Registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865866425     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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