Integration of cancer registry data into the text information extraction system: Leveraging the structured data import tool

• Main Authors: Faina Linkov (Author), Jonathan C Silverstein (Author), Michael Davis (Author), Brenda Crocker (Author), Degan Hao (Author), Althea Schneider (Author), Melissa Schwenk (Author), Sharon Winters (Author), Joyce Zelnis (Author), Adrian V Lee (Author), Michael J Becich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction/Background: Cancer registries in the US collect timely and systematic data on new cancer cases, extent of disease, staging, biomarker status, treatment, survival, and mortality of cancer cases. Existing methodologies for accessing local cancer registry data for research are time-consumi...