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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Capture 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^th Edition). An expert working group comprising cancer specialists responsible for delivering cancer care, epidemiologists and medical coders reviewed

SUBMITTER: Evans SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714535 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature