publication . Article . 1999

A National Cancer Data Base Report

Amy M. Fremgen; Irvin D. Fleming; Scott A. Hundahl; Herman R. Menck;
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  • Published: 01 Aug 1999 Journal: Cancer, volume 86, pages 538-544 (issn: 0008-543X, eissn: 1097-0142, Copyright policy)
  • Publisher: Wiley
Abstract
BACKGROUND. In combination with other Commission on Cancer programs, the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a national electronic registry system currently capturing > 60% of incident cancers in the U. S., offers a working example of voluntary, accurate, cost-effective outcomes management on a both a local and national scale. In addition, it is proving to be of particular value in capturing clinical information concerning rare cancers. METHODS. For accession years 1985-1995, the NCDB captured prospectively collected demographic, stage, treatment, and outcome information for a national hospital-based sample of 286 parathyroid carcinoma cases (0.005 % of the total ...
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doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990801)86:3<538::aid-cncr25>3.0.co;2-k
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free text keywords: Cancer Research, Oncology, Cancer, medicine.disease, medicine, General surgery, medicine.medical_specialty, Relative survival, Cancer data, Parathyroid carcinoma, Geographic region, Carcinoma, Lymph node, medicine.anatomical_structure, Clinical information, business.industry, business
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