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Table 1 New cancer cases identified in 2011–2013 in hospital data, relative to cancer registry data

From: Identifying incident cancer cases in routinely collected hospital data: a retrospective validation study

Cancer type

Cases in NSWCR

Cases in APDC

PPV (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Breast

1270

1305

95% (94–96%)

88% (86–90%)

Colorectal

1334

1383

93% (91–94%)

94% (93–95%)

Kidney

250

259

86% (82–90%)

86% (82–90%)

Lung

842

853

88% (86–90%)

81% (78–84%)

Pancreatic

291

296

90% (86–93%)

86% (82–90%)

Uterine

206

196

96% (93–99%)

89% (85–94%)

  1. Specificity > 99.95% for all cancer types
  2. APDC Admitted Patient Data Collection, CI confidence interval, NSWCR New South Wales Cancer Registry, PPV positive predictive value