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Breast Cancer
New findings from University of Oxford in the area of breast cancer described
April 24th, 2008
"Extracting complete and accurate records of surgical procedures from case-notes is time consuming and laborious. We compared the completeness and time taken to extract data on surgical procedures from case-notes and from pathology reports," researchers in Oxford, the United Kingdom report. "Information on surgical procedures was extracted from pathology reports and hospital case-notes for 111 women with breast cancer in three centers. The time taken to perform this task was recorded. Surgical procedures were classified into diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and analysis was performed to determine the completeness and accuracy of the documentation of the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)
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