Validity and completeness of colorectal cancer diagnoses in a primary care database in the United Kingdom

PURPOSE: To validate the recorded diagnoses of colorectal cancer (CRC) and identify false negatives in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database. METHODS: We conducted a validation study of incident CRC cases in THIN among patients aged 40–89 years from 2000–2011. CRC Read code ent...

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Autores principales: Cea Soriano, Lucía, Soriano‐Gabarró, Montse, García Rodríguez, Luis A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Original Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3877

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3877

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