Evaluation of data quality in the National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-111

  Tomic, Katarina ^a   Sandin, Fredrik ^b   Wigertz, Annette ^b   Robinson, David ^a,c   Lambe, Mats ^b,d   Stattin, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer quality register; Evaluation; Prostate cancer; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VALIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTER;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84925257008     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.10.025     Document Type: Article

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