INTRODUCTION Previous studies indicate that the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States is increasing. These reports, however, have contained limited information on population groups other than whites and blacks. METHODS We assessed recent incidence rates and trends for hepatocellular carcinoma by using newly available national data from cancer registries participating in t...

Real world evidence is the term used to describe research findings that use data that is gathered outside of standard clinical trials. Typical clinical trials focus on short-term endpoints, enroll a very narrow selection of patients, and are conducted in a controlled setting that does not reflect the practice of medicine outside of clinical trials. In contrast, RWE is developed using data that ...

The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group aimed to estimate the cancer incidence in Japan in 2007 based on data collected from 21 out of 33 population-based cancer registries as part of the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project. The total number of incidences in Japan for 2007 was estimated to be 704 090 (C00-C96). Stomach cancer and breast cancer were the leading types of c...

Data from patient registries can provide valuable information on patient outcomes in a real-life setting. Patient registries are organized systems that use observational study methods to collect data for specific purposes, e.g., to observe the natural history of disease, to monitor safety, to measure quality of care, and to assess the clinical and cost burden of illness [1]. Depending on the re...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND The project Surveillance of rare cancers in Italy (RITA) provides, for the first time, estimates of the burden of rare cancers in Italy based on the list of rare cancers proposed in collaboration with the European project Surveillance of Rare Cancers in Europe (RARECARE). METHODS RITA analyzed data from Italian population-based cancer registries (CR). The period of diagnos...

Monitoring the current status of cancer care is essential for effective cancer control and high-quality cancer care. To address the information needs of patients and physicians in Japan, hospital-based cancer registries are operated in 397 hospitals designated as cancer care hospitals by the national government. These hospitals collect information on all cancer cases encountered in each hospita...

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is collaborating with the National Cancer Institute to develop detailed profiles of underserved Alabama communities most at risk for cancer. These profiles will be combined with geocoded data to create a pilot project, Cancer Prevention for Alabama's Underserved Populations: A Focused Approach. The project's objectives are to provide the ADPH's can...

Background Fuzzy logistic regression model can be used for determining influential factors of disease. This study explores the important factors of actual predictive survival factors of breast cancer's patients. Materials and Methods We used breast cancer data which collected by cancer registry of Kerman University of Medical Sciences during the period of 2000-2007. The variables such as morp...

Republic of Maldives is a nation of 1190 coral islands, which form a 829 km long chain. The Republic is divided into 20 administrative units, also called Atolls. The population consists of 151,459 (50.7%) males and 147,509 (49.3%) females. About 26 percent of the population lives in the capital island of Male. The true incidence of cervical cancer in Maldives is not known as there is no cancer ...