Ascertaining invasive breast cancer cases; The validity of administrative and self-reported data sources in Australia

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kemp, Anna ^a,b   Preen, David B ^a   Saunders, Christobel ^a   Holman, C Darcy J ^a   Bulsara, Max ^c   Rogers, Kris ^d   Roughead, Elizabeth E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

45 and up study; Anastrazole; Hospital diagnosis; Lumpectomy; Mastectomy; Positive predictive value; Radiotherapy; Self report; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SELF REPORT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; REGISTRIES; SELF REPORT; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84873518746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-17     Document Type: Article

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