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Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems.

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Castillo, MS; Davis, FG; Surawicz, T; Bruner, JM; Bigner, S; Coons, S; Bigner, DD
Published in: Neuroepidemiology
2004

High-quality cancer registry data are essential for assessing trends in incidence rates. This study evaluated the consistency of brain tumor surveillance data using a random sample of cases from the Connecticut Tumor Registry. Three neuropathologists independently and blindly reviewed tumor slides from 204 cases and a nosologist blindly reviewed and assigned International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) codes to 326 cases. For the pathology review, absolute concordance was as high as 81% for all primary brain tumors. Absolute concordance rates were high for nerve sheath (89%), meningioma (95%), and pituitary (95%) tumors. Rates were much lower for malignant tumors. ICD-O coding of malignant brain tumors is of relatively high quality with the exception of mixed gliomas and unspecified tumors. A high level of consistency for nonmalignant brain tumor diagnoses suggests that rates for these tumors, when actively reported to a surveillance system, can be of high quality.

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Neuroepidemiology

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ISSN

0251-5350

Publication Date

2004

Volume

23

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

85 / 93

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Registries
  • Population Surveillance
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
 

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Castillo, M. S., Davis, F. G., Surawicz, T., Bruner, J. M., Bigner, S., Coons, S., & Bigner, D. D. (2004). Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems. Neuroepidemiology, 23(1–2), 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1159/000073980
Castillo, Monette S., Faith G. Davis, Tanya Surawicz, Janet M. Bruner, Sandra Bigner, Stephen Coons, and Darell D. Bigner. “Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems.Neuroepidemiology 23, no. 1–2 (2004): 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1159/000073980.
Castillo MS, Davis FG, Surawicz T, Bruner JM, Bigner S, Coons S, et al. Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems. Neuroepidemiology. 2004;23(1–2):85–93.
Castillo, Monette S., et al. “Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems.Neuroepidemiology, vol. 23, no. 1–2, 2004, pp. 85–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1159/000073980.
Castillo MS, Davis FG, Surawicz T, Bruner JM, Bigner S, Coons S, Bigner DD. Consistency of primary brain tumor diagnoses and codes in cancer surveillance systems. Neuroepidemiology. 2004;23(1–2):85–93.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neuroepidemiology

DOI

ISSN

0251-5350

Publication Date

2004

Volume

23

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

85 / 93

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Registries
  • Population Surveillance
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3209 Neurosciences