Publications by authors named "Anne-Manie Bouvier"

Background: Cancer registries are a reliable source of data to estimate national cancer incidence rates, but they are not always available in all regions. This study assessed the value of medical information systems (PMSI) to identify incident cases of colorectal cancer

Methods: Two algorithms were elaborated to identify these incident cases in the PMSI database. The first algorithm was based on diagnosis and medical procedure codes and the second algorithm was based exclusively on diagnoses and the absence of diagnoses over the last five years.

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