Consistency Between State's Cancer Registry and All-Payer Claims Database in Documented Radiation Therapy Among Patients Who Received Breast Conservative Surgery.
Chenghui LiSindhu J MalapatiJohn T GuireLaura F HutchinsPublished in: JCO clinical cancer informatics (2023)
In patients with early-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who received breast-conserving surgery, recording of RT receipt was moderately consistent between Arkansas APCD and ACR. Future studies are needed to identify factors affecting reporting consistency to better use this unique resource in addressing population health problems.