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The reliability of Cancer Registry records.

British journal of cancer ·Vol. 67 ·No. 4 ·1993-04-00 ·Pages 819-21

Gulliford MC, Bell J, Bourne HM, Petruckevitch A

Abstract

Data from the Thames Cancer Registry were compared with data independently abstracted from medical records for 466 patients with confirmed cancer of the bladder diagnosed in 1982. High levels of agreement were observed for five continuous variables and for tumour morphology. Data concerning tumour stage did not clearly distinguish superficial from invasive tumours. Cancer registry data were found to be reliable except for tumour stage which may not be clearly documented in clinical records.

MeSH Terms
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/epidemiology,pathology England/epidemiology Humans Medical Records Neoplasm Staging Registries/standards Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/epidemiology,pathology
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Gulliford M C
Department of Public Health Medicine, United Medical School, London, UK.
Bell J
Bourne H M
Petruckevitch A
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Article Info
Journal
British journal of cancer
Abbr.
Br J Cancer
ISSN
0007-0920
DOI
10.1038/bjc.1993.149
Published
1993-04-00
Pages
819-21
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0370635
PMCID
PMC1968346
Subset
IM
Grants
Wellcome Trust · United Kingdom
Corrections
CommentIn
PMID: 8217595
CommentIn
PMID: 8260382
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.149 PMC Full Text View journal details
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