Information technology as tools for cancer registry and regional cancer network integration

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1410-1424

  Bianconi, Fortunato ^a   Brunori, Valerio ^a   Valigi, Paolo ^a   La Rosa, Francesco ^a   Stracci, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; geographic information systems (GIS); health care management; information technologies; oncology network evolution

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA DIFFUSION; DATA SOURCE; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP; EVALUATION SYSTEM; EXTERNAL SOURCES; FILTERING SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTIC TOOLS; GOOGLE MAPS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE; ISO/IEC; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MORTALITY RATE; NETWORK EVOLUTION; NETWORK INTEGRATION; NETWORK-BASED; REGISTRATION SYSTEMS; RELATIVE SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SECURITY ACCESS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WEB 2.0; WEB ACCESS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ONCOLOGY; WEBSITES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84867791456     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2012.2210209     Document Type: Article

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