Quality Assurance and Technology-Enabled Curation of Oncology Real-World Data: The Importance of Individual Quality Reviews.

Quality assurance is the foundation of clinical data abstraction. Meaningful insights can only be drawn from quality data. Through the development of robust quality-control processes for technology-enabled curation, Syapse's certified tumor registrars enrich real-world oncology data, supporting oncology patient care and research for a network of community health systems.

Commission on Cancer (CoC) CP3R Measures for Colon Cancer Evaluation of Delaware Cancer Registry Data.

This study evaluates the Delaware Cancer Registry's 2010-2014 colon cancer data using Cancer Program Practice Profile Reports (CP3R) quality of care measures developed by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The CP3R measures assess: 1) the number of regional lymph nodes removed and pathologically examined for resected colon cancer (12RLN); and 2) the provision of adjuvant chemotherapy for Stage III patients (ACT). Research was conducted in the Delaware Health Information Network and with hospital cancer registries for cases missing values for provision of chemotherapy.

Delaware Cancer Registry modernization.

This article discusses the background and future plans of the Delaware Cancer Registry pertaining to its history, case reporting requirements, goals for accurate cancer data, and its path towards implementation of a new cancer data information system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Registry Plus.