Inquiry and computer program Onko-Online: 25 years of clinical registry for breast cancer at the University Medical Centre Maribor
Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Sep 24, 2019
Page range: 348 - 356
Received: Feb 17, 2019
Accepted: May 16, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2019-0043
© 2019 Darja Arko, Iztok Takac, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
Background
High-quality routine care data collected in the clinical registry play a significant role in improving the management of cancer patients. Clinical cancer registries record important data in the course of cancer diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and survival. Analyses of such comprehensive data pool make it possible to improve the quality of patients care and compare with other health care providers.
Methods
The first inquiry at the Department of Gynaecologic and Breast Oncology of the then General Hospital Maribor to follow breast cancer patients has been introduced in 1994. Based on our experience and new approaches in breast cancer treatment, the context of inquiry has been changed and extended to the present form, which served as a model for developing a relevant computer programme named
Results
During the 25-year period, we collected data from about 3,600 breast cancer patients. The computer program
Conclusions
The clinical registry for breast cancer