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Every cancer patient counts: strengthening European population-based cancer registries to improve cancer control
G. Geleijnse
C. Backes
M. Chirlaque
M. Sloep
Esteve Rodon Navarro
M. Šekerija
L. V. Van Eycken
G. Ursin
Medicine
Abstract
Population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) systematically and continuously collect data on all cancer cases within defined populations following international standards to ensure harmonization, data quality and complete coverage. They operate on regional or national level and inform us of the burden of cancer in terms of incidence, survival and prevalence. Together with mortality, these three indicators are considered the essential elements of population-based cancer control