Colon Cancer

Reports from Royal Melbourne Hospital add new data to research in colon cancer

Published in Hospital Business Week, November 16th, 2008

"Collecting data regarding treatment and outcomes of patients with cancer, for both audit and research purposes, is a common but challenging goal. Modern technology promises greater ease and sophistication for data collection, linkage and analysis, but many traditional challenges remain," investigators in Parkville, Australia report.

"Here we relate our experience of an initiative aimed at multicentre colorectal cancer data collection, that is, in collaboration with the Colorectal Surgical Society Australia and New Zealand, moving towards a national initiative. Initiated from a single site in Melbourne, using a range of data collection and linkage processes, and...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-11-16)

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