Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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In order to succeed in realising general health-policy goals for cancer care, they must be formulated as specific and realistic objectives. An administrative organ must be provided with the authority and funding needed to establish the technical solutions required. Reporting to national registries must take place automatically in electronic form, on the basis of ongoing structured reporting in the patient records. In our opinion the Directorate of Health should enter into cooperation with the College of American Pathologists, with a view to integrating a Norwegian version of their electronic checklists for pathology reporting of cancer into the hospitals' record systems.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Feb 2014
Limited malignancy screening of patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism.
There is a known relationship between venous thromboembolism and cancer, but there is no consensus as to how extensive screening for occult cancer should be in cases of venous thromboembolism with no apparent risk factor (idiopathic venous thromboembolism). The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which limited screening of patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism reveals occult cancer. ⋯ Malignancy was detected in almost 10% of the patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism in the course of the first year. Limited screening for occult malignancy identified the great majority of cases.