title: What we learn from a clinical database.
abstract: A clinical database documents caseload, assesses treatments, compares treatments, follows patients, and can be used for effective teaching. The database and software used at Kingston Regional Cancer Clinic are described, and a few pertinent findings are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Queen's University Faculty of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011379:Prognosis; D012984:Software; D015996:Survival Rate; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome