Significance and usefulness of cancer registries |
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| Authors: | A. Oshima W. Ajiki H. Tanaka H. Tsukuma |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Cancer Control and Stastistics, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, 537-8511 Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A cancer registry is an organization set up for the collection, storage, analysis, and interpretation of data on people with cancer. There are three types of cancer registry: hospital-based, population-based, and nationwide site-specific. A cancer registry is essential for planning and evaluating cancer control activities, including clinical practices. We describe the significance and usefulness of cancer registries, with examples of assessments of the size of the cancer problem (i.e., incidence, mortality rates, and survival of cancer patients), assessments of the effects of cancer control programs, feedback to clinicians, and the building and testing of hypotheses of cancer etiology. |
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| Keywords: | Cancer registry Population-based Hospital-based Site-specific Cancer control |
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