Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Hospital Information System (HIS) in monitoring the breast cancer incidence and interval cancers compared with the cancer registry (CR). The HIS data linked with CR and Mammographic Screening Information System data for breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period 1999-2003. The sensitivity and positive predictive value of the HIS data were calculated using the CR as a gold standard. One thousand two hundred and thirty-six breast cancers were registered by the CR and 1028 were reported in the HIS. The sensitivity rate was 83.2% and the positive predictive value was 83.0%; similar results were obtained in the screening target population (50-69 years old). Fifteen invasive breast cancers occurred among screened women identified by HIS (four interval cancers and 11 screen-detected), two were registered as in situ in the CR. The HIS seems to have the potential to identify interval breast cancers, but the low accuracy of information does not permit an exact measure of the incidence.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 212-215 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Cancer Prevention |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
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Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Incidence
- Registry
- Screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology
- Epidemiology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Validating regional Hospital Information System data through comparison with a local cancer register to identify interval cancers of a breast screening program. / Sperati, Alessandra; Pannozzo, Fabio; Rossi, Paolo Giorgi; Baiocchi, Diego; Barca, Alessandra; Borgia, Piero.
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T1 - Validating regional Hospital Information System data through comparison with a local cancer register to identify interval cancers of a breast screening program
AU - Sperati, Alessandra
AU - Pannozzo, Fabio
AU - Rossi, Paolo Giorgi
AU - Baiocchi, Diego
AU - Barca, Alessandra
AU - Borgia, Piero
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Hospital Information System (HIS) in monitoring the breast cancer incidence and interval cancers compared with the cancer registry (CR). The HIS data linked with CR and Mammographic Screening Information System data for breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period 1999-2003. The sensitivity and positive predictive value of the HIS data were calculated using the CR as a gold standard. One thousand two hundred and thirty-six breast cancers were registered by the CR and 1028 were reported in the HIS. The sensitivity rate was 83.2% and the positive predictive value was 83.0%; similar results were obtained in the screening target population (50-69 years old). Fifteen invasive breast cancers occurred among screened women identified by HIS (four interval cancers and 11 screen-detected), two were registered as in situ in the CR. The HIS seems to have the potential to identify interval breast cancers, but the low accuracy of information does not permit an exact measure of the incidence.
AB - The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Hospital Information System (HIS) in monitoring the breast cancer incidence and interval cancers compared with the cancer registry (CR). The HIS data linked with CR and Mammographic Screening Information System data for breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period 1999-2003. The sensitivity and positive predictive value of the HIS data were calculated using the CR as a gold standard. One thousand two hundred and thirty-six breast cancers were registered by the CR and 1028 were reported in the HIS. The sensitivity rate was 83.2% and the positive predictive value was 83.0%; similar results were obtained in the screening target population (50-69 years old). Fifteen invasive breast cancers occurred among screened women identified by HIS (four interval cancers and 11 screen-detected), two were registered as in situ in the CR. The HIS seems to have the potential to identify interval breast cancers, but the low accuracy of information does not permit an exact measure of the incidence.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Incidence
KW - Registry
KW - Screening
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JO - European Journal of Cancer Prevention
JF - European Journal of Cancer Prevention
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