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"Thanatos" pathological data pool as a part of the hospital cancer register

Pathological diagnoses of biopsies performed during 1995. in "Ljudevit Jurak" Clinical Department of Pathology were coded by "Thanatos" conrpcrter system for clinical patholo~ according to the International classification of diseases and related health problems (tenth revision, 1994). Coding of diagnoses was done on a basis of four digit marks consisting of letters and numbers, and also on a ground of a tumour morphological classification. "Thanatos" computer system for clinical pathology provides: a) memorising of specific classifications of malignant diseases, like pTNM system and its variations for different tumours (i.e. classifications according to Clark, Breslow, Dukes, Astler-Coller, etc.) ; b) grading according to differentiation of various tumours and evaluation of other parameters adjusted to specific malignancies (i.e. Gleason score, mitotic and apoptotic indexes, ete.). "Thanatos" computer system was used in this work to estimate a proportion of tumours in total material obtained by biopsies during 1995. Out of a total of 10.604 biopsies, tumours involved 2.779 samples or 26, 2%. Malignant findings were detected in 1.494 samples (14, 08% of total), and benign lesions were found in 1.285 samples (12, 11% of total). Among tumours malignancies made 53, 8% of findings, while remaining 46, 2% were benign lesions, giving a proportion of 1:1, 16 in favour of malignancies. Diagnoses memorised in our "Thanatos" computer system are essential for long term follow-up of tumour pathology and they make solid data pool for enforcement of the University Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice" Cancer Register which tends to become a part of the Croatian National Cancer Register.

pathological data pool; cancer register

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