Can the completeness of radiological cancer staging reports be improved using proforma reporting? A prospective multicentre non-blinded interventional study across 21 centres in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Following a diagnosis of cancer, the detailed assessment of prognostic stage by radiology is a crucial determinant of initial therapeutic strategy offered to patients. Pretherapeutic stage by imaging is known to be inconsistently documented. We tested whether the completeness of cancer staging radiology reports could be improved through a nationally introduced pilot of proforma-based reporting for a selection of six common cancers.

Design

Prospective interventional study comparing the completeness of radiology cancer staging reports before and after the introduction of proforma reporting.

Setting

Twenty-one UK National Health Service hospitals.

Participants

1283 cancer staging radiology reports were submitted.

Main outcome measures

Radiology s

SUBMITTER: Patel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169672 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature