Bhurgri Y.
The role of Cancer Registration in National Cancer Control Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;54(8):402-4.

“Cancer registration is a process of continuing, systematic collection of data on the occurrence and characteristics of reportable neoplasms". A cancer registry attempts to collect, store, analyse and interpret data on persons with cancers. A population-based registry records all new cases in a defined population with emphasis on epidemiological research, and evaluation of health services for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. A hospital, institution or oncology-based registry records all cases in a hospital or in respective units, with emphasis on clinical-care and hospital administration. It submits the data to the central, population-based registry. Pathology-based registries records all cases of cancer in a given laboratory with emphasis on pathological diagnosis, grading and staging of cancers, thus maintaining the quality control of population registers. Large hospital or pathology series are sometimes used for monitoring of cancer control programs in the absence of population data.

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