Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics

Meeting Notes June 18, 2019

Topics

• The group reviewed the following presentation: Presentation

• The group discussed the following questions:

• Should representation of cancer staging within the OMOP vocabulary preserve the differences in possible values for cancer staging across anatomic site? Or should the list of possible values be collapsed across anatomic sites?
  • Group Consensus Answer: The list of possible values should be collapsed across anatomic sites.

• Should representation of cancer staging within the OMOP vocabulary include system (AJCC vs. UICC vs others) and version? Or should the list of possible values be collapsed across systems and versions?
  • Group Consensus Answer: The list of possible values be collapsed across systems and versions.