Open Access<p>Validation of an Algorithm to Ascertain Late Breast Cancer Recurrence Using Danish Medical Registries</p>
Author(s) -
Rikke Nørgaard Pedersen,
Buket Çalışkaner Öztürk,
Lene Mellemkjær,
Søren Friis,
Trine Tramm,
Mette Nørgaard,
Deirdre CroninFenton
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s269962
Subject(s) - medicine , danish , breast cancer , medical diagnosis , cancer registry , medical record , cancer , algorithm , stage (stratigraphy) , gynecology , pathology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , biology
About 70% of women with breast cancer survive at least 10 years after diagnosis. We constructed an algorithm to ascertain late breast cancer recurrence-which we define as breast cancer that recurs 10 years or more after primary diagnosis (excluding contralateral breast cancers)-using Danish nationwide medical registries. We used clinical information recorded in medical records as a reference standard.