TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 99. Tumor Registry A1 - Funk, Luke M. A1 - Greenberg, Caprice C. A2 - Kuerer, Henry M. PY - 2010 T2 - Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology AB - High quality cancer registries are critical for any modern health care system. They provide organizations and governments with vital data for allocating public health resources in an efficient manner. They enable investigators to study cancer at both patient and population-based levels, and allow clinicians to develop optimal methods for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Tumor registries facilitate important comparisons between different regions, races, genders, and age groups. When a registry has been operating for many years, survival and other prognostic data become available. Trends can also be followed, which allows public health experts to project future incidence rates and predict the need for screening programs, treatment programs, and new facilities. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/06 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6418689 ER -