A time-tested information system in neurosurgical oncology

Dima Suki, David M. Wildrick, Raymond Sawaya

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Abstract

The Brain and Spine Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading multidisciplinary referral center for patients with nervous system (NS) tumors. It has a wealth of clinical experience and an internationally recognized leadership role in the management of NS cancers. In that context, an informatics infrastructure that allows the archiving of both the prospective and retrospective characterization of patients, diseases, treatments, and outcomes is invaluable. We describe our experience with the Neurosurgical Oncology Database, a database that has provided valuable, extensive, and readily searchable data on multifaceted patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics for many years, successfully serving as an administrative and operational resource and as a resource for retrospective and prospective research endeavors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number593
JournalFrontiers in Oncology
Volume8
Issue numberDEC
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Data management
  • Database
  • Informatics
  • Information systems
  • Neurosurgical oncology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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