The Research Implications of Prostate Specific Antigen Registry Errors: Data from the Veterans Health Administration

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8770399	The Journal of Urology	2018	26 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Cohorts based exclusively on cancer registry prostate specific antigen values may have high rates of misclassification that can introduce concerning differences in key characteristics and result in measurable differences in clinical outcomes.

Keywords

PSA NCDB VHA Prostate specific antigen Veterans Health Administration Veterans affairs National Cancer Database Electronic Health Record Data accuracy SEER Mortality Prostatic neoplasms Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results United States Department of Veterans Affairs prostate-specific antigen EHR

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The Research Implications of Prostate Specific Antigen Registry Errors: Data from the Veterans Health Administration

Authors

David P. Guo, I-Chun Thomas, Harsha R. Mittakanti, Jeremy B. Shelton, Danil V. Makarov, Ted A. Skolarus, Matthew R. Cooperberg, Geoffrey A. Sonn, Benjamin I. Chung, James D. Brooks, John T. Leppert,