Mini Review on the Use of Clinical Cancer Registers for Prostate Cancer: The National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden

Given the increasing prevalence of cancer, it is vital to systematically collect data in order to monitor disease trends and quality of cancer care. For this purpose, clinical cancer registries have been developed in some countries. These registers are intended to be used as a basis for quality assu...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Frontiers in medicine 2019, Vol.6, p.51-51
Main Authors: Cazzaniga, Walter, Ventimiglia, Eugenio, Alfano, Massimo, Robinson, David, Lissbrant, Ingela Franck, Carlsson, Stefan, Styrke, Johan, Montorsi, Francesco, Salonia, Andrea, Stattin, Pär
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
clinical cancer register
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine
National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden
online registration
prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer data Base Sweden (PCBaSe)
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Given the increasing prevalence of cancer, it is vital to systematically collect data in order to monitor disease trends and quality of cancer care. For this purpose, clinical cancer registries have been developed in some countries. These registers are intended to be used as a basis for quality assurance and quality improvement, but they also constitute a rich resource of real world data for research. The aim of this mini-review was to describe the structure and the organization of the National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) with some examples on how data in NPCR have affected prostate cancer care in Sweden.
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2019.00051