SUMMARY The EMBRACE Registry is a web portal that collects and monitors web services according to test scripts provided by the their administrators. Users are able to search for, rank and annotate services, enabling them to select the most appropriate working service for inclusion in their bioinformatics analysis tasks. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION Web site implemented with PHP, Python, My...

designing a minimum data set for national cancer registry in iran     sadoughi f [1] , safdari r [2] *, meraji m [3] , ramzan ghorbani n [4] , ghazisaeedi m [5]     received: 9 jul , 2013 accepted: 21 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : due to the widespread increase of cancer diseases, cancer registries as foundations for a struggle plan against the disease have been established. the...

Carcinoma of the oral tongue is one of the most common sub sites of oral cancer. Comparative worldwide studies have reported its incidence to be much higher in India (Moore et al., 2000; Mishra and Meherotra, 2014). In Chennai, India, oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) represents 5% and 1.6% of incident cancers of all sites among males and females respectively as per the reports of pop...

Methods In 2006, we developed a web-based multicenter registry (CMR-Cooperative, CMRCOOP) specific for performance of clinical CMR. This registry aimed to standardize imaging protocol, collection of clinical data, data interpretation, and reporting. All patient identifying information was encrypted. All data was stored and protected by intranet servers and site-specific administrative access. W...

Introduction Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are characterized by recurrent episodes of systemic and organ-specific inflammation. If unrecognized and untreated, they may cause significant morbidity and mortality. Our understanding and management of these disorders has improved markedly over the last decade. Nevertheless, the majority of children with periodic fevers do not have mutations in kn...

Individual renal units should have a protocol for antibiotic prophylaxis prior to peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion which provides suitable cover for the bacteria isolated in that unit. All PD units should document antibiotic prophylaxis and the type of antibiotic administered in addition to data on all PD-related problems including exit site infections, tunnel infections, peritonitis...

Data from the Birmingham Histopathology Data Pool of surgical pathology on the age, sex, and site distributions of various cutaneous and hepatic lesions have been analysed, and the results have been compared with data from the Regional Cancer Registry. Analysis of malignant neoplasms shows that there is no significant difference between the two sources. The results are discussed with reference ...

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OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of occurrence of sarcomas afflicting the neck and craniofacial region. DESIGN A retrospective study (1982-1991). SETTING Cancer Registry, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. METHOD Examination was performed of the cancer records in the registry over the period 1982 to 1991 inclusive. Histopathological types of the sarcomas were then analysed to i...

BACKGROUND Studies often rely on death certificates to identify cancer occurrence. This research assessed the death certificate's ability to reflect cancer incidence and factors that influence agreement with cancer registry data. METHODS This study compared death certificates to cancer incidence data for an occupational cohort of 1,795 deceased workers who were registered by the Iowa Cancer R...