Achieving Thoracic Oncology data collection in Europe: a precursor study in 35 Countries

BMC Cancer

Mina Gaga¹  Edvardas Danila²  Bakir Mehic³  Elena Kavcova⁴  Robert Milroy⁵  Marianne Paesmans⁶  Jana Skrickova⁷  Riitta Makitaro⁸  Steinn Jonsson⁹  Joanna Domagala-Kulawik^1,10  Tuncay Goksel^1,11  Paul Martin Putora^1,12  Trond-Eirik Strand^1,13  Ronald Damhuis^1,14  Gunnar Hillerdal^1,15  Ross Morgan^1,16  Paul Beckett^1,17  Anna Rich^1,18  David Baldwin^1,18  Alexandru Corlateanu^1,19  Otto Burghuber^2,20  Miroslav Samarzija^2,21  Erik Jakobsen^2,22  Tanel Laisaar^2,23  Stefano Elia^2,24  Paul Van Schil^2,25  Judit Moldvay^2,26  Rudolf Maria Huber^2,27  Thierry Berghmans^2,28  Jean-Paul Sculier^2,28  Torsten-Gerriet Blum^2,29  Assia Konsoulova^3,30  Arnaud Scherpereel^3,31  Renato Sotto-Mayor^3,32  Bogdan Grigoriu^3,33  Marc Schlesser^3,34  Inmaculada Alfageme^3,35  Stephen Brincat^3,36  Tanja Cufer^3,37  Dragana Jovanovic^3,38  Milda Nanushi^3,39 

[1] 7th Respiratory Medicine Department, Athens Chest Hospital;Clinic of Infectious and Chest Diseases, Dermatovenereology and Allergology, Vilnius University;Clinic of Lung Diseases and TB, Sarajevo University Clinical Centre;Clinic of Pneumology and Phthisiology, Comenius University Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Martin, University Hospital;Consultant Respiratory Physician & Chair, Scottish Lung Cancer Forum, Glasgow Royal Infirmary;Data Centre, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles;Department Pulmonary Disease and TB, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine & University Hospital;Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu;Department of Medicine, Landspitali, University of Iceland;Department of Pneumonology, Medical University of Warsaw;Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine, Ege University;Department of Radiation Oncology;Department of Registration, Cancer Registry of Norway;Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL);Department of Respiratory Diseases, Karolinska Hospital;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals;Department of Respiratory Medicine, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”;Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of COPD and Respiratory Epidemiology, Otto Wagner Hospital;Department of Respiratory medicine, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tartu University Hospital;Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata;Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital;Department of Tumor Biology, National Koranyi Institute, Semmelweis University;Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, University of Munich and Thoracic Oncology Centre;Intensive Care and Thoracic Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles;Klinik für Pneumologie, Lungenklinik Heckeshorn, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring;Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital Sveta Marina;Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology, Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 – CIIL;Pulmonology Service, Thoracic Department, North Lisbon Hospital Centre;Regional Institute of Oncology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy;Respiratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg;Respiratory medicine Department, Seville University;Sir Anthony Mamo oncology centre, Mater Dei hospital;University Clinic Golnik, Medical Faculty Ljubljana;University Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Center of Serbia;University of Tirana, Service of Pulmonology;

关键词: Lung Cancer;    Epidemiology;    Audit;    Data collection;    Datasets;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12885-018-5009-y

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background A minority of European countries have participated in international comparisons with high level data on lung cancer. However, the nature and extent of data collection across the continent is simply unknown, and without accurate data collection it is not possible to compare practice and set benchmarks to which lung cancer services can aspire. Methods Using an established network of lung cancer specialists in 37 European countries, a survey was distributed in December 2014. The results relate to current practice in each country at the time, early 2015. The results were compiled and then verified with co-authors over the following months. Results Thirty-five completed surveys were received which describe a range of current practice for lung cancer data collection. Thirty countries have data collection at the national level, but this is not so in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Data collection varied from paper records with no survival analysis, to well-established electronic databases with links to census data and survival analyses. Conclusion Using a network of committed clinicians, we have gathered validated comparative data reporting an observed difference in data collection mechanisms across Europe. We have identified the need to develop a well-designed dataset, whilst acknowledging what is feasible within each country, and aspiring to collect high quality data for clinical research.

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