Can national cancer registration support clinical databases and clinical cancer research?
The short answer is: Yes, it can. A longer version is: Yes, it can and if it cannot substantially …

evaluating cancer-control programs. On the other hand, to cover only selected areas may be
cost-effective, and with such coverage, it may be possible to monitor incidence at the …

A survey of population‐based cancer registries in the European Community (EC) is
reported: 82 (92%) of 89 registries replied. In 3 of the 12 EC countries (Denmark …

Cancer registry Page 2 Recent Results in Cancer Research Fortschritte der Krebsforschung
Progres dans Ies recherches sur Ie cancer Edited by 50 V. G. Allfrey, New York· M. Allgower …

The idea of recording information on all cancer cases in defined communities dates from the
first half of the twentieth century, and there has been a steady growth in the number of such …

Data on cancer are available in all countries with records of pathology examinations,
hospital admissions, and death certificates. However, the epidemiological patterns of cancer …

The quality of the cancer database in a cancer registry rests not only upon the quality of its
sources of information but also upon the registration techniques adopted by the cancer …

Cancer registries are a vital source of information on cancer epidemiology and cancer
services. Their role has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. A number of factors …

• HOSPITAL BASED CANCER REGISTRY• Records all cases of cancer treated in a given
hospital• The population from which the cases come is not defined• Collects information from …

Cancer registration is considered to be an essential part of any research programme into
cancer control [1]. The main objective of a cancer registry is to collect and classify …