Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Registry (MCBCR)
The Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Registry (MCBCR) was established to compare the effectiveness of screening and diagnostic imaging breast cancer procedures. As of the 31st December 2017, MCBCR included data from approximately 485,000 patients receiving breast imaging procedures at Advocate Health Care, the largest health system in Illinois, United States of America.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
~485,000 (participants as of 2017)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
40 - 79 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2005 (inception)
1986 (linkage)
Primary Institutions
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) (Academic, United States of America)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (Government, United States of America)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (Third Sector, United States of America)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
