Data resource description: National Cancer Registration Dataset in England

Establishing baseline data in cancer registration in northern England: implications for Health of the Nation targets.

OBJECTIVE To assess the completeness and accuracy of cancer surveillance data relevant to Health of the Nation targets. DESIGN A comparison of locally ascertained data on cancer with recorded cancer registry sources in selected diagnoses. SETTING The district of South West Durham within the Northern Regional Health Authority. PATIENTS All patients with lung, skin, and malignant cervical c...

The role of cancer registration in National Cancer Control Pakistan.

FIRE: Fundus Image Registration dataset

Purpose: Retinal image registration is a useful tool for medical professionals. However, evaluating the accuracy of these registrationmethods has not been consistently undertaken in the literature. To address this, a dataset comprised of retinal image pairs annotated with ground truth and an evaluation protocol for registration methods is proposed. Methods: The dataset is comprised of 134 retin...

Apples and pears? A comparison of two sources of national lung cancer audit data in England

In 2014, the method of data collection from NHS trusts in England for the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) was changed from a bespoke dataset called LUCADA (Lung Cancer Data). Under the new contract, data are submitted via the Cancer Outcome and Service Dataset (COSD) system and linked additional cancer registry datasets. In 2014, trusts were given opportunity to submit LUCADA data as well as ...

Quality of Cancer Registration Data in Scotland

Overall, the quality of recent cancer registration data in Scotland appears to be high. It is evident from reviewing the literature in this field that relatively few other cancer registries undertake specific studies of data quality and publish their results. However, where such studies are available, the quality of Scottish cancer registration data does seem to compare favourably to that repor...