Using Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine clinical term codes to assign histological findings for prostate biopsies in the Gauteng province, South Africa: Lessons learnt.
Naseem CassimAhsan AhmadReubina WadeeJaya Anna GeorgeDeborah Kim GlencrossPublished in: African journal of laboratory medicine (2020)
Our study demonstrated the feasibility of generating PCa data using SNOMED codes from national laboratory data. This highlights the need for extending the results of our study to a national level to deliver timeous monitoring of PCa trends.