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01-01-2010 | Healthcare Policy and Outcomes
The National Cancer Data Base: Past, Present, and Future
Authors:
David P. Winchester, MD, Andrew K. Stewart, MA, Jerri Linn Phillips, MA, Elizabeth E. Ward, PhD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 1/2010
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Excerpt
The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) contains information on over 25 million cancer patients diagnosed and treated in cancer centers across the USA since 1985. The NCDB collects data on patient demographics, tumor stage and histopathology, treatment, and outcomes on more than 70% of the cancer cases diagnosed in the USA annually. Reporting centers range from small community hospitals to large academic medical centers and National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Since its inception in 1988 the NCDB has been cofunded by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). The programmatic focus of the NCDB, since its founding, has been to support quality improvement at the local level. …
