       Document 0240
 DOCN  M9620240
 TI    AIDS and cancer registry linkage: measurement and enhancement of
       registry completeness. The National AIDS/Cancer Match Study Group.
 DT    9602
 AU    Cote TR; O'Brien TR; Ward JW; Wilson SE; Blattner WA; Viral Epidemiology
       Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville,; Maryland 20852, USA.
 SO    Prev Med. 1995 Jul;24(4):375-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96076093
 AB    BACKGROUND AND METHODS: To measure AIDS registry completeness for
       Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and cancer registry completeness for KS and
       non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), we linked AIDS and cancer registries at
       selected health departments. RESULTS: We found 10,350 people with KS:
       1,935 reported only to the AIDS registry, 1,428 reported only to the
       cancer registry, and 6,987 reported to both. Ninety-three cases of
       non-HIV-associated KS were expected. For KS, AIDS registry completeness
       was 84% [6,987/(6,987 + 1,428 93)] and cancer registry completeness was
       78% [6,987/(6,987 + 1,935)]. Cancer registry completeness for
       AIDS-related NHL was 76%. CONCLUSION: If this linking were conducted
       nationally, about 5,700 additional cases of AIDS and 10,000 additional
       cases of AIDS-related cancers would be recorded.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  Lymphoma,
       AIDS-Related/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       *Medical Record Linkage  Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Registries/*STANDARDS
       Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Systems Integration  United
       States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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