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Short Communication

Cancer registries can provide evidence-based data to improve quality of care and prevent cancer deaths

28 Mar 2014
Christine Bouchardy, Elisabetta Rapiti, Simone Benhamou

Today, many countries are increasing their efforts to ensure that all cancer patients receive the best possible care. Population-based cancer registries have adapted their registration to collect additional clinical variables in order to provide clinicians with unbiased population data on cancer treatment and survival. Taking several examples of epidemiological cancer research performed at the Geneva Cancer Registry, we aim to illustrate how cancer registries oversee the treatment and outcomes of cancer patients in order to help clinicians continually improve quality of care and prevent cancer deaths in the population.

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