The completeness and accuracy of registration of primary intracranial tumours in the Scottish Cancer Registry was compared with a detailed incidence study performed over a two year period (1989-90). Of 228 patients with any primary intracranial tumour in the incidence study, 124 (54%) were identified as intracranial tumours in the cancer registry. The registry excluded benign tumours (although ...

background:the present study compared the differences between survivals of patients with colorectal cancer according to their ethnicity adjusted for other predictors of survival. methods: in this prospective cohort study patients were followed up from definite diagnosis of colorectal cancer to death. totally, 2431 person-year follow-ups were undertaken for 1127 colorectal cancer patients once e...

BACKGROUND Various groups have called for a national system to monitor the quality of cancer care. The validity of cancer registry data for quality of cancer care has not been well studied. We investigated the validity of such information in the California Cancer Registry. METHODS We compared registry data associated with care with data abstracted from the medical records of patients diagnose...

Maria Theresa Redaniel, Adriano Laudico 3, , Maria Rica Mirasol-Lumague, Adam Gondos, Gemma Uy, Hermann Brenner Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany Manila Cancer Registry, Philippine Cancer Society, Manila, Philippines Department of Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-Manila, Manila, Philippines...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of the general practitioner as a source of information for a cancer registry. DESIGN The study involved a random sample of respondents to a letter inviting participation which was sent to all general practitioners in a specific area. Participating doctors were visited to maximise cooperation. Data collection consisted of setting up...

background: although breast cancer imposes a considerable economic burden on high-income countries, there is limited knowledge about its economic burden in low- and middle-income countries (lmcs), including iran. in this study, we estimated the economic burden of breast cancer in iran in 2010. methods: we used the prevalence-based approach and estimated the direct and indirect costs of all brea...

background: cancer is a major public health problem in the world. in iran especially after a transition to a dynamic and urban community, the pattern of cancer has changed significantly. an important change occurred regarding the incidence of cancer at the southern shores of the caspian sea, including gilan, mazandaran and golestan province. this study was designed it investigate the epidemiolo...

PURPOSE Mutations in BRCA genes are the main cause of hereditary breast cancer in Korea. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of breast cancers involving BRCA1 (BRCA1 group) and BRCA2 (BRCA2 group) mutations. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with BRCA1 (BRCA1 group) or BRCA2 (BRCA2 group) mutation positive breast cancer from multiple ...

BACKGROUND Within the health literature, a major goal is to understand distribution of service utilisation by social location. Given equivalent access, differential incidence leads to an expectation of differential service utilisation. Cancer incidence is differentially distributed with respect to socioeconomic status. However, not all jurisdictions have incidence registries, and not all regist...