Presence of Breast Cancer Information Recorded in United Kingdom Primary Care Databases: Comparison of CPRD Aurum and CPRD GOLD (Companion Paper 1).

Katrina Wilcox Hagberg Catherine Vasilakis-Scaramozza Rebecca PerssonDavid NeashamGeorge Kafatos Susan S Jick

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2023)

Overall, there was consistency between data elements related to malignant breast cancer recorded in CPRD Aurum and GOLD, particularly for the most informative clinical details. These findings provide reassurance that breast cancer information recorded in CPRD Aurum is generally comparable to that recorded in the previously validated CPRD GOLD and support the use of CPRD Aurum for breast cancer research.

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primary care
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health information
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childhood cancer