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ArticleBMC cancer2023

Registry-derived stage (RD-Stage) for capturing cancer stage at diagnosis for endometrial cancer.

S M Evans, K Ivanova, R Rome, D Cossio, Chc Pilgrim, J Zalcberg, Y Antill, L Blake, A Du Guesclin, A Garrett and 10 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

S M EvansCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. sue.evans@cancervic.org.au.
K IvanovaCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
R RomeEpworth Health Care, Melbourne, Australia.
D CossioCancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.
Chc PilgrimCentral Clinical School, Department of Surgery, The Alfred, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
J ZalcbergSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Y AntillMonash University, Melbourne, Australia.
L BlakeCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
A Du GuesclinDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.
A GarrettQueensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
D GiffardCancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.
N GolobicCancer Alliance Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia.
D MoirDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.
S ParikhCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
A ParisiACT Cancer Registry Australian Capital Territory Health, Deakin, Australia.
K SandayQueensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
C ShadboltRoyal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
M SmithACT Cancer Registry Australian Capital Territory Health, Deakin, Australia.
L Te MarveldeCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
K WilliamsCancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Cancer Council Victoria · AUMonash University · AUACT GovernmentRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AUThe Alfred Hospital · AUEpworth Hospital · AURoyal Women's Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCapture of cancer stage at diagnosis is important yet poorly reported by health services to population-based cancer registries. In this paper we describe current completeness of stage information for endometrial cancer available in Australian cancer registries; and develop and validate a set of rules to enable cancer registry medical coders to calculate stage using data available to them (registry-derived stage or 'RD-Stage'). METHODOLOGY: Rules for deriving RD-stage (Endometrial carcinoma) were developed using the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) TNM (tumour, nodes, metastasis) Staging System (8

resultsThe necessary data completeness level for calculating RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) across various Australian jurisdictions varied from 0 to 89%. Three jurisdictions captured degree of spread of cancer, rendering RD-Stage unable to be calculated. RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) could not be derived for 64/485 (13%) cases and was not captured for 44/485 (9%) cases in NGOR. At stage category level (I, II, III, IV), there was concordance between RD-Stage and NGOR captured stage in 393/410 (96%) of cases (95.8%, Kendall's coefficient = 0.95).

conclusionA lack of consistency in data captured by, and data sources reporting to, population-based cancer registries meant that it was not possible to provide national endometrial carcinoma stage data at diagnosis. In a sample of Victorian cases, where surgical pathology was available, there was very good concordance between RD-Stage (Endometrial carcinoma) and clinician-recorded stage data available from NGOR. RD-Stage offers promise in capturing endometrial cancer stage at diagnosis for population epidemiological purposes when it is not provided by health services, but requires more extensive validation.

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Endometrial NeoplasmsAustraliaFemaleHumansNeoplasm StagingRegistriesUnited StatesCancerCancer registriesEpidemiology(MeSH Headings) registriesNeoplasm stagingTNM Stage

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PMID38087227
PMCPMC10714535
OpenAlexW4389617979

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