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Cancer statistics: everything you wanted to know about the cancer registry data but were too afraid to ask
Author(s) -
Giles Graham G.,
Thursfield Vicky
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03163.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer registry , ask price , population , incidence (geometry) , cancer incidence , principal (computer security) , official statistics , environmental health , pathology , computer science , computer security , physics , economy , optics , economics
Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) have had complete population cancer incidence registration for decades and are beginning to develop clinical data systems to collect details of staging and treatment. Sadly, this bounty of statistical data is often under utilized and occasionally abused. Many are unaware of the data and statistical services available from their local cancer registry. To promote the use of ANZ population cancer data, the following paper describes the principal statistics that are available and identifies common problems with their use.