The Danish Lung Cancer Registry.
The Danish Lung Cancer Registry (DLCR) was established by the Danish Lung Cancer Group. The primary and first goal of the DLCR was to improve survival and the overall clinical management of Danish lung cancer patients.


METHODS
All Danish primary lung cancer patients since 2000 are included into the registry and the database today contains information on more than 50,000 cases of lung cancer.


METHODS
The database contains information on patient characteristics such as age, sex, diagnostic procedures, histology, tumor stage, lung function, performance, comorbidities, type of surgery, and/or oncological treatment and complications. Since November 2013, DLCR data on Patient -Reported Outcome Measures is also included.
Results are primarily reported as quality indicators, which are published online monthly, and in an annual report where the results are commented for local, regional, and national audits. Indicator results are supported by descriptive reports with details on diagnostics and treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
DLCR has since its creation been used to improve the quality of treatment of lung cancer in Denmark and it is increasingly used as a source for research regarding lung cancer in Denmark and in comparisons with other countries.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital; Odense Patient data Exploratory Network (OPEN), Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
Erik
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Jakobsen
Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Torben Riis
TR
Rasmussen
comorbidities; diagnostic procedures; histology; lung cancer; lung function; oncological treatment; performance; treatment complications; tumor stage; type of surgery