Determining the date of diagnosis – is it a simple matter? The impact of different approaches to dating diagnosis on estimates of delayed care for ovarian cancer in UK primary care
Open Access
- 23 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 42
Abstract
Studies of cancer incidence and early management will increasingly draw on routine electronic patient records. However, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. We developed a generalisable strategy for investigating presenting symptoms and delays in diagnosis using ovarian cancer as an example.Keywords
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