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 world population is approaching 4500 million, with some three quarters of this total
living in the developing countries. The number of cancer deaths worldwide has been …

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 …

This fifth edition in the series updates volume 4 which appeared in 1982. Its main purpose is
to provide data of the incidence of cancer for each site by sex, by age, and for some …

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 …

At first sight, it may seem that cancer registration is a luxury that ought to occupy a lowly
place in the priorities of the health services of a developing country, given the many …

This volume, which is produced in collaboration with the International Association of Cancer
Registers, contains incidence data for cancer in Africa, Central and South America, North …

Although cancer registration was initiated in several countries early in this century, the great
majority of registries currently in existence have been established since 1950. The rapid …

By DM Parkin, CS Muir, SL Whelan, Y.-T. Gao, J. Ferlay 1% 6 [I], including detailed data on
cancer registration in various and J. Powell. IARC Scientik Publication No. 120. Lyon, areas …

The cancer registration is a mechanism to collect and classify information on all cancer
cases in order to produce statistics on the occurrence of cancer and to provide a framework …