Estimating cancer treatment intensity from SEER cancer registry data: methods and implications for population-based registry studies of pediatric cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Intensity of Treatment Rating (ITR) Scale condenses treatment and clinical characteristics into a single measure to study treatment effects on downstream health outcomes across cancer types. This rating was originally developed for clinicians to determine from medical charts. However, large studies are often unable to access medical charts for all study participants. We developed and tested a method of estimating treatment intensity (TI) using cancer registry and patient self-reported data.

Methods

We estimated two versions of TI for a cohort of pediatric cancer survivors-one utilized information solely available from cancer registry variables (TI_R) and the other included registry and self-reported information (TI_S) from survey participant

SUBMITTER: Tobin JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature