Journal article
Reliability of staging, prognosis, and comorbidity data collection in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) multicenter outcomes database
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical trials and outcomes studies often rely on nonphysicians to abstract complex data from medical records, but the reliability of these data are rarely assessed.
METHODS: We used standardized charts of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma to assess the reliability of key clinical data elements abstracted by 6 clinical research associates (CRAs), 3 project staff, and 3 medical oncologists. We assessed reliability on 5 variables: …
Authors
Kho ME; Lepisto EM; Niland JC; Friedberg JW; LaCasce AS; Weeks JC
Journal
Cancer, Vol. 113, No. 11, pp. 3209–3212
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2008
DOI
10.1002/cncr.23911
ISSN
1097-0142