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Cancer registries in the evaluation of occupational cancer
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 1980Cancer registry data can be utilized in many ways in studies of occupational risk factors in cancer. The different approaches available include comparison of incidence rates and trend curves, search for clusters, cross-sectional analyses of the relationship between occupation and cancer, recording of unusual sporadic associations that can serve as ...
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The role of the cancer registry in cancer control
Cancer Causes and Control, 1992It has been accepted generally that the cancer registry has more of a 'back room' than a 'front line' role in cancer control, its particular responsibilities lying in description of cancer patterns, care, and outcome, in monitoring these variables in relation to control activities, and in providing a research database--often, for others to utilize ...
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The Use of the Computer in the Cancer Registry
Methods of Information in Medicine, 1983A survey of the members of the International Association of Cancer Registries was carried out to determine the extent to which their registry procedures had been automated by the use of computers. The great majority of these registries were population-based, and most (73%) had access to a computer, the exceptions being registries in developing ...
D M, Parkin, E, Demaret, P C, Crosignani
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The role of cancer registries in cancer control
International Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2008Cancer control aims to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of cancer and to improve the quality of life of cancer patients through the systematic implementation of evidence-based interventions in prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care.
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Bias in an African cancer registry
International Journal of Cancer, 1972AbstractThe returns of the Kampala Cancer Registry, Uganda, which registers cases diagnosed in the whole of the country, have been analysed to discover if changes in patterns of registration have occurred over a 20‐year period. The age distribution has remained surprisingly constant.
A C, Templeton, A, Bianchi
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A Plea for a National Cancer Registry
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1989To the Editor. — Hardly a day of a week goes by without a scary report by the media that some new process, chemical, or diet may increase the incidence of cancer. Diet, radon, radioactive waste, chemical dump sites, extra low frequency/nonionizing radiation from electric transmission lines, and ionizing radiation from nuclear power plants are a few of
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New registry: National Cancer Patient Registry--Colorectal Cancer.
The Medical journal of Malaysia, 2009Colorectal cancer is emerging as one of the commonest cancers in Malaysia. Data on colorectal cancer from the National Cancer Registry is very limited. Comprehensive information on all aspects of colorectal cancer, including demographic details, pathology and treatment outcome are needed as the management of colorectal cancer has evolved rapidly over ...
L, Wendy, M, Radzi
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