The reliability of Cancer Registry records
Open Access
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 67 (4) , 819-821
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1993.149
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.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Survival with bladder cancer, evaluation of delay in treatment, type of surgeon, and modality of treatment.BMJ, 1991
- Hospital case notes and medical audit: evaluation of non-response.BMJ, 1991
- Studying patterns of cancer care: how useful is the medical record?American Journal of Public Health, 1988
- Assessing the reliability of epidemiologic data obtained from medical recordsJournal of Chronic Diseases, 1984
- Assessing completeness of cancer registration in the north-western region of England by a method of independent comparisonBritish Journal of Cancer, 1982