TUMOUR REGISTRIES: REQUIREMENT & NEED IN PAKISTAN

Tumour Registries

Abstract

Cancer registries are used for the record of history, diagnosis, treatment, and disease status for every cancer patient, the record which is easily reproducible. The data from these registries is used for the detailed information and management of cancers. Data analysis of diseases is very important to know the pattern, frequency and prevalence of that disease. The tumour registries can be of various types depending upon the mode of data collection. There are many types of cancer registries like population based, hospital / institution based, radiology  data based, biopsy data based etc.

The most important are population based tumour registries. The hospital / institution based cancer registries are the part of a localized collection of data in a single institute and are managed by the hospital authorities, whereas the population based cancer registries are governed by the state health department.  The hospital based cancer registries are mostly used to improve the therapy for malignant diseases. Both hospital and population based cancer registries can use their data for epidemiological studies, comparison of treatment strategies of different clinics and reporting data at national data base level. In almost all the developed countries population based cancer registries exist like in  United States, SEER, (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) registry collects and publish data on cancer incidence and survival throughout the country.