Sentence examples for completeness of stage from inspiring English sources

Classification of T1NxMx as a complete registration may thus give a more meaningful estimate on the completeness of stage registration in the DCR.

The completeness of stage at diagnosis for cancers registered in England by the NCRS has improved greatly in recent years.

In conclusion, the completeness of stage at diagnosis will allow more accurate comparisons between England and other countries.

Our study design allowed us only to examine the completeness of stage registration based on data in the cancer and hospital registries.

This might be a reason for the higher level of completeness of stage registration in the SEER database than in the DCR.

A recent National Audit Office report indicated that the completeness of stage information across English cancer registries is <40% (NAO National Audit Officee), 2010).

The completeness of staging data available varies by cancer type and by geographical region of registration.

Improving the completeness of staging information as well as ethnicity information received by cancer registries will enhance future analyses.

The results presented here demonstrate the value of the substantial improvement in the completeness of staging data collected by the NCRS in England.

Recent reports have highlighted the completeness of staging information at NCRS(E) (Department of Health, Delivering the Cancer Reform Strategy. Report by the Controller and Auditor General, http://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1011568.pdf).

When classifying the combination T1NxMx as a complete stage registration, overall completeness of TNM stage increased to 61.8% (919 patients changed status from having incomplete to complete registration).