Cancer registry databases: an overview of techniques of statistical analysis and impact on cancer epidemiology.

摘要: Cancer registries provide systematically collected information on cancer incidence, prevalence, mortality, and survival of different cancers. Aggregated de-identified patient-level is available for analysis from individual registries, nationally the Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results program, Centers Diseases Control Prevention, North American Association Central Registries; internationally International Registries. Over past few decades, type extent cancer-related captured by have been greatly expanded linkage with other population-based sources, such as census data Medicare Medicaid Services claims data. In addition, sophisticated statistical analytical techniques developed that traditional purview focused descriptive epidemiology disease quantification to a much broader horizon ranging study etiology; rare cancers in specific demographic groups; interaction environmental genetic factors causation cancer; impact co-morbidities, race, geographic, socioeconomic, provider-related access, diagnosis, treatment; outcomes end results control initiatives diverse areas care disparity, public health policy, education, importantly, cost-effectiveness care. Thus, it not surprising increasingly become indispensable parts local, national, international programs, certain will continue be extraordinary resources clinicians, researchers, scientists, policy makers, our fight against cancer.