background: although breast cancer imposes a considerable economic burden on high-income countries, there is limited knowledge about its economic burden in low- and middle-income countries (lmcs), including iran. in this study, we estimated the economic burden of breast cancer in iran in 2010. methods: we used the prevalence-based approach and estimated the direct and indirect costs of all brea...

Data on incidence, prevalence, and disease specific mortality are frequently incomplete, not very reliable or are lacking in many countries particularly in Asia and Africa. In the absence of dependable data from the Civil Registration System (CRS), many countries have developed their own Sample Registration System (SRS). Due to several socio-economic constraints cause is not adequately noted in...

INTRODUCTION Cancer incidence and mortality rates for American Indians in the Northern Plains region of the United States are among the highest in the nation. Reliable cancer surveillance data are essential to help reduce this burden; however, racial data in state cancer registries are often misclassified, and cases are often underreported. METHODS We used a community-based participatory rese...

BACKGROUND The aim was to use the existing surveillance data sources of cancer in Morocco that could be used to better describe cancer mortality and incidence trends in Morocco. METHODS National incidence data were derived from population-based cancer registries. Mortality data were collected from the international GLOBOCAN database. RESULTS An overview of the main results was presented. In...

Cancer registry data collection involves, at a minimum, collecting data on demographics, tumor characteristics, and treatment. A common, identified, and standardized set of data elements is needed to share data quickly and efficiently with consumers of this data. This project highlights the fact that, there is a need to develop common data elements; Surveys were developed for central cancer reg...

INTRODUCTION Cancer registries link incidence data to state death certificates to update vital status and identify missing cases; they also link these data to the National Death Index (NDI) to update vital status among patients who leave the state after their diagnosis. This study explored the use of information from NDI linkages to identify potential duplicate cancer cases registered in both F...

Introduction Cancer registration involves collecting information on patients with cancer. Population-based cancer registries in particular are useful in estimating the disease burden and to inform the institution of prevention and control measures. Collecting personal information on patients with cancer requires strict adherence to principles of confidentiality to ensure the safety of the colle...

background: one of the most common cancers is skin cancer worldwide. since incidence and cost of treatment of the cancer are increasing, it is necessary to further investigate to prevent and control this disease. this study aimed to determine skin cancer trend and epidemiology in iran. methods: this study was done based on existing data. data used in this study were obtained from a national reg...

background breast cancer is still considered as one of the most common female cancers worldwide regardless of the countries’ level of development. this study determines the incidence of breast cancer in fars province, southern iran. methods this study used patients' records from shiraz university of medical sciences cancer registry centre, which is a hospital-based registry of nemazee hosp...