Feasibility and validity of The Health Improvement Network database of primary care electronic health records to identify and characterise patients with small cell lung cancer in the United Kingdom

Abstract Background Epidemiological research on small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is limited and based on cancer registry data. We evaluated the feasibility and validity of using primary care electronic health records (The Health Improvement Network [THIN]) in the UK to identify and characterise SCLC. M...

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Main Authors: Lucía Cea Soriano, Jihong Zong, Luis A. García Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5305-1

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