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Spatial Data Analysis Support for Cancer Epidemiology in CARESS

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CARTools, a toolbox designed to support population-based cancer registries, is currently being developed at OFFIS, an institute for computer science. The first application area of this toolbox is the registry being established in Lower-Saxony, a federal state of Germany. CARLOS (Cancer Registry Lower-Saxony) is the name of the corresponding project, started in 1993. The CARTools comprise four tools, one of which is CARESS (CARLOSEpidemiological and Statistical Data Exploration System), implementing various routines for statistical and epidemiological data analysis on the registry database.

In this paper, the functionality of CARESS with respect to supporting spatial data analysis — which is the main focus of this system — and the design of the integration of data analysis features in an interactive graphical user interface will be presented. The system is supposed to provide different features and interfaces for different user groups (epidemiologists, registry staff, external researchers) and different tasks (e.g. quality control, incidence monitoring, cluster analysis). To ensure both efficiency and flexibility, the underlying database system strives to integrate concepts from the fields of spatio-temporal, multidimensional and statistical database systems.

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  1. Oldenburger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsinstitut für Informatik-Werkzeuge und -Systeme (OFFIS), Escherweg 2, D-26121, Oldenburg, Germany

    Frank Wietek

  2. FB Informatik, Universität Oldenburg, Escherweg 2, D-26121, Oldenburg, Germany

    Vera Kamp

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  1. University of Rostock, Germany

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  2. University of Cambridge, UK

    Andrew D. Cliff

  3. Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France

    Alain-Jacques Valleron

  4. PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

    Paddy Farrington

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Wietek, F., Kamp, V. (1998). Spatial Data Analysis Support for Cancer Epidemiology in CARESS . In: Gierl, L., Cliff, A.D., Valleron, AJ., Farrington, P., Bull, M. (eds) Geomed ’97. Informatik und Unternehmensführung. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-95397-1_13

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