Oncology Workgroup

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I am responding to the latest call for comments on the Oncology workgroup.
The overview of the group is here
http://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg&s[]=oncology

Ad the google drive proposal (from other forum post)- I like treatment types of Drug,radiation and surgery. Also the subtypes make a lot of sense.

Having a good list of surgical procedures is also a great idea. In which terminology we would make such international list ?

A comparable compendium linking oncology surgical procedure codes to a high-level classification of oncology surgeries will need to be developed/found

E.g., I do uterus removal because of uterus cancer. Procedure is here: Athena

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my limited reply to the Treatment proposal:
(here)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SnWBLpWh0uHgghgi-opHmOgbrEpLrB79/view

I think the treatment table is a reasonable construct to add.

Targeting MEASUREMENT table for data from cancer registry is also good approach.

See slide 25 here:
http://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=documentation:oncology:cancer_diagnostic_features_2018-02-07.pptx

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I submitted the Oncology Treatment Proposal as a Github issue:

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@mgurley is the oncology working group active? I am interested in mapping EMR to CDM for oncology and would like to know the recommended practice for cancer specific information. Thanks.

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@bon Yes we are active. We recently resumed meeting on a weekly basis with a larger group. See meeting details here:
https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

If you email me (m-gurley@northwestern.edu), I can put you on the email distribution list.