Adding Data Accessibility and Rule-Based Targeted Data Collection to the California Cancer Reporting System for Breast Cases.
Abstract
We have completed the second year of our three-year contract. As a major deliverable, we have opened public access to California cancer case information, allowing anyone on the World Wide Web to propose data queries and receive tables of counts from their query. Information available on our askcnet.org web site include: Cancer types, stages, and treatment for all California cancer cases diagnosed 1988-1993 (N=780,804); Preliminary results of 1995 study fields on cancer screening, protocol use, and clinical indicators; and SEER's 10% of national cancer cases 1973-1992 (N^2 million) (awaiting final signoff by SEER). Coming soon to the site will be a clinical trials matching system, allowing the general public and healthcare professionals to obtain lists and consumer-oriented summaries of current IRB-approved clinical trials that match requested patient characteristics. We are in the process of implementing a combined web and BBS-based telecommunications solution for connecting California hospitals, the eight Regional Registries, and our central office. We are stationing NT-based Wildcat communications servers at each region This allows email and data transmittal to occur either through dialup connections or, with the proper security options, through the Internet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA320028
Entities
People
- Barry Gordon