Identifying Valid Algorithms for Number of Lines of Anti-Neoplastic Therapy in the Danish National Patient Registry Among Patients with Advanced Ovarian, Gastric, Renal Cell, Urothelial, and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Attending a Danish University Hospital.
Signe SørupBianka DarvalicsJakob Schöllhammer KnudsenAnne Staub RasmussenCathrine Fonnesbech HjorthSøren Viborg VestergaardAzza Ahmed KhalilLeo RussoDina OksenEmmanuelle BoutmyPatrice VerpillatMikael RørthDeirdre P Cronin-FentonPublished in: Clinical epidemiology (2022)
The algorithm for number of lines of anti-neoplastic therapy that had the highest percentage agreement with the reference standard (medical records) incorporated both registration of specific drug names and <45 days between consecutive administrations if the drug name was unspecified in routinely recorded data from DNPR.