Feasibility and validity of The Health Improvement Network database of primary care electronic health records to identify and characterise patients with small cell lung cancer in the United Kingdom

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological research on small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is limited and based on cancer registry data. We evaluated the feasibility and validity of using primary care electronic health records (The Health Improvement Network [THIN]) in the UK to identify and characterise SCLC. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Cea Soriano, Lucía, Zong, Jihong, García Rodríguez, Luis A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30665371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5305-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30665371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5305-1

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