Qualitative analysis of the coding of pathological data of cancer registry centers: A study in North of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cancer registry system is an important part of the cancer control program. Improper coding of cancers leads to misclassification and incorrect statistical information about cancer. Therefore, in this study, the main objective of the qualitative analysis was the accuracy in assigning the codes to the pathological reports in the centers responsible for cancer registry.

Methods

This study was descriptive, retrospective and applied. The data source in this study included 15,659 pathology reports received during the years 2017-2019 in the population-based cancer registry centers of Mazandaran province. Out of 1800 reports, 1765 samples of reports were selected and analysis was done on them by stratified random sampling method. A researcher-made checklist was used t

SUBMITTER: Jahani MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503709 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature