For the last 20 years the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) has been used
as the principal source of follow-up for mortality, and often for cancer incidence, in many …

Summary QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Completeness is important in cancer registration.
Identifying areas to improve registry procedures might help to maximise completeness. We …

To assess completeness of case ascertainment by the Scottish Cancer Registry for the year
1992, we assembled a collection of databases containing potential registrations (excluding …

Cancer is relatively rare in childhood, but it contributes considerably to childhood mortality,
years of life lost per person and late effects in survivors. Large populations need to be …

Background When comparing cancer incidence or mortality rates between different regions,
it is important to know how complete the registration data are on which these figures are …

Abstract In Britain the National Health Service Central Registers (NHSCRs) provide the
facility for a study population to be'flagged', initiating a system of notification to investigators …

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 …

The burden of childhood cancer for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) is unknown. PCTs in
Yorkshire are representative of England and Wales and show little heterogeneity in the …

Aspects of the England and Wales cancer registration system are discussed in the light of
biases and other artefacts which can arise from them. Some are specific to England and …

It has been shown previously that in many developing countries the reported incidence of
childhood cancer for boys is substantially higher than for girls and that this difference is …