Background: Under-ascertainment and over-ascertainment are common phenomena in
surveillance and registry systems of health-related events. Capture-recapture is one of the …

Abstract Backgrounds and Objectives: Under-ascertainment is a common phenomenon in
surveillance systems and health related events registry systems. One of the methods which …

Introduction: Capture-recapture methods have been suggested for reducing costs of disease
registration as well as reducing bias in incidence estimations. This study aimed to estimate …

Completeness is an important indicator of data quality in cancer registry programs. This
study aimed to estimate the completeness of registered cases in a population based cancer …

Background and Objective: The incidence of cancer is rising in Iran, and hence it is
important to assess the accuracy of the Iranian cancer registry dataset. In this study, the …

Background: Cancer has important social consequences with cancer registration as the
basis of moving towards prevention. The present study aimed to estimate the completeness …

Background: Accurate cancer registry and awareness of cancer incidence rate is essential in
order to define strategies for cancer prevention and control programs. Capture-recapture …

Introduction: Cancer Registry is one of the important components of health information
systems in developing countries. Continuous monitoring of data quality can have a crucial …

Background: Knowledge of cancer incidences is essential for cancer prevention and control
programs. Capture-recapture methods have been recommended for reducing bias and …

Objective: This article is to calculate corrected Iran cancer incidence by a novel method to
compensate under-ascertainment of cancer cases in the very elderly (aged 65+). Study …