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Validation and Quality Assessment of the Kilimanjaro Cancer Registry

Author(s) -

Leah L. Zullig,

Kristin Schroeder,

Pilli Nyindo,

Theresia Namwai,

Elvis Silayo,

Angelah Msomba,

Michael Oresto Munishi,

Francis Karia,

Charles Muiruri,

John Bartlett,

Venance Maro,

S. Yousuf Zafar

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of global oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2378-9506

DOI - 10.1200/jgo.2015.002873

Subject(s) - medicine , quality (philosophy) , cancer registry , environmental health , population , philosophy , epistemology

Global cancer burden has increasingly shifted to low- and middle-income countries and is particularly pronounced in Africa. There remains a lack of comprehensive cancer information as a result of limited cancer registry development. In Moshi, Tanzania, a regional cancer registry exists at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. Data quality is unknown. Our objective was to evaluate the completeness and quality of the Kilimanjaro Cancer Registry (KCR).

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