Quality of cancer registry data: Completeness of TNM staging and potential implications

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Søgaard, Mette ^a,b   Olsen, Morten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Completeness; Danish Cancer Registry; TNM staging data; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VALIDITY;

EID: 84866721749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S33873     Document Type: Editorial

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