Progress in Cancer Registration

Automation in cancer registration

Background Algorithms aimed at replacing the manual decision-making process, usually carried out by registry personnel on ad hoc registry forms, were first introduced in the early 1970s by the Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR). The forms containing the information on cancer patients were coded and computerized at the OCR and subsequently treated by software developed by the OCR for this purpose. Al...

Cancer Registration in India

The cancer registration is a mechanism to collect and classify information on all cancer cases in order to produce statistics on the occurrence of cancer and to provide a framework for assessing and controlling the impact of cancer on the community. The population based cancer registries collect and process data relating to a defined geographical area while the hospital based cancer registries ...

Progress in pediatric cancer.

Progress in prostate cancer.

Sphingosylphosphorylcholine in cancer progress.

Sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) is a naturally occurring bioactive sphingolipid in blood plasma, metabolizing from the hydrolysis of the membrane sphingolipid. It has been shown to exert multifunctional role in cell physiological regulation either as an intracellular second messenger or as an extracellular agent through G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Because of elevated levels of SPC in...