OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate the completeness of cancer registration with
Capture-recapture method. METHODS: The study was conducted in the population based …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--In recent years, capture-recapture methods have become increasingly
popular in estimating completeness of disease registries. This study aimed to assess 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 …

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 In this paper we investigated whether the capture-recapture method is useful for
a cancer registry to monitor its completeness of case ascertainment on a routine basis …

Completeness of cancer registration has not been consistently ascertained across different
registries. This report describes how capture-recapture methods have been used to estimate …

Completeness of population-based cancer registration has been most commonly quantified
by indirect measures, such as the death certificate only index or the mortality/incidence ratio …

Objectives: Several methods for estimating completeness in cancer registries have been
proposed. Little is known about their relative merits. Before embarking on a systematic …

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to automatically improve the completeness and
validity of the Daegu Cancer Registry, using cross record linkage of many data sources, and …

Cancer registration is an important component of a comprehensive cancer control program,
providing timely data and information for research and administrative use. Capture …