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SUBMITTER: Mamtani R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4294969 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mamtani Ronac R Haynes Kevin K Boursi Ben B Scott Frank I FI Goldberg David S DS Keefe Stephen M SM Vaughn David J DJ Malkowicz S Bruce SB Lewis James D JD
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20141111 1
Studies on outcomes in bladder cancer rely on accurate methods to identify patients with bladder cancer and differentiate bladder cancer stage. Medical record and administrative databases are increasingly used to study cancer incidence, but few have distinguished cancer stage, and none have focused on bladder cancer. In this study, we used data from The UK Health Improvement Network (THIN) to identify patients with bladder cancer using at least one diagnostic code for bladder cancer, and disting ...[more]