Creating database with Microsoft Access and its clinical application for patients with breast cancer / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective The purpose of this study was to develop a database program based on Microsoft Access 2003 for patients with breast cancer to save and manage clinical data.This makes it easier to analyze data of the database.Methods A total of 1177 cases with breast cancer who were performed surgical treatment from December 1998 to June 2007,the clinical data collection which included regular fouow-up data of these patients after therapy,the database was designed by using Microsoft Access 2003 included the creation of tables,forms and queries according to the therapy guidelines for breast cancer.Results The clinical data for patients with breast cancer can be stored in an Access database that is both user-friendly with reliable data administration and that can be shared in network,and it is capable of recording regular updated data.Conclusion This program will not only convenient for researchers to statistic and analyze their outcome data,but also for minimizing data entry errors and reducing the time spent on data query.