Open AccessUsing hospital medical record data to assess the accuracy of the SEER Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program for initial treatment of prostate cancer: a small pilot study
Author(s) -
Ryan D. Kraus,
Ann S. Hamilton,
Mari Carlos,
Leslie Ballas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-018-1057-5
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , epidemiology , cancer , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , public health , medical record , oncology , medical physics , cancer registry , pathology
Treatment information from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Program (SEER) cancer registries is increasingly being used for population-based cancer research; however, it may be incomplete for outpatient procedures and is not quality controlled. We sought to validate SEER information on initial treatment of prostate cancer by comparison to electronic medical record (EMR) review.