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What is cancer registration?

Cancer registration in the UK

Uses of registry data

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What is cancer registration?

Cancer registries collect details on all new cases of cancer that occur in a given population.  From this they calculate incidence and survival rates for that population.  They also collect details on the care that cancer patients receive.