Morse D E, Flannery J T, Krutchkoff D J, Eisenberg E
Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, Hartford, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1995 Jun;79(6):753-5. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(05)80312-9.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether and to what extent cases of oral cancer diagnosed through the University of Connecticut Health Center Oral Pathology Biopsy Service went unregistered by the Connecticut Tumor Registry during the period 1984 to 1988. All Oral Pathology Biopsy Service pathology reports generated from 1984 to 1988 were reviewed to identify diagnosed oral cancer cases (International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision codes 140, 141, 143 to 145). The names of all identified patients were computer-linked to previously registered cases. Nineteen (8.6%) of the 221 reportable cases of oral cancer diagnosed through the Oral Pathology Biopsy Service from 1984 to 1988 went unregistered. The 19 unregistered cases represented 1.6% of all known Connecticut oral cancer cases diagnosed during the period. The finding of a past, albeit small, "gap" in oral cancer cases registered with the Connecticut Tumor Registry suggests that oral pathologists should confirm that cases of oral cancer diagnosed through their pathology services are being registered by their regional tumor registries.
本研究的目的是调查在1984年至1988年期间，通过康涅狄格大学健康中心口腔病理活检服务诊断出的口腔癌病例，是否以及在多大程度上未被康涅狄格肿瘤登记处登记。对1984年至1988年生成的所有口腔病理活检服务病理报告进行了审查，以确定诊断出的口腔癌病例（国际疾病分类，第9版代码140、141、143至145）。所有已识别患者的姓名都通过计算机与先前登记的病例进行关联。在1984年至1988年通过口腔病理活检服务诊断出的221例应报告口腔癌病例中，有19例（8.6%）未被登记。这19例未登记病例占该时期康涅狄格州所有已知口腔癌病例的1.6%。在康涅狄格肿瘤登记处登记的口腔癌病例中发现过去存在一个虽小但确实存在的“缺口”，这表明口腔病理学家应确认通过其病理服务诊断出的口腔癌病例正在由其所在地区的肿瘤登记处进行登记。
