RT Book, Section
A1 Funk, Luke M.
A1 Greenberg, Caprice C.
A2 Kuerer, Henry M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6418689
T1 Chapter 99. Tumor Registry
T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160178-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6418689
RD 2025/07/18
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.