Completeness of regional cancer registry data in Northwest Russia 2008-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A national framework for population-based cancer registration was established in Russia in the late 1990s. Data comparability and validity analyses found substantial differences across ten population-based cancer registries (PBCRs)in Northwest Russia, and only four out of ten met international standards. This study aimed to assess the completeness of the PBCR data of those registries.

Methods

Qualitative and quantitative methods recommended for completeness and timeliness assessment were applied to the data from ten Russian regional PBCRs in Northwest Russia, covering a population of 13 million. We used historic data methods (using several European PBCRs reference rates), mortality-to-incidence ratios (M:I) comparison, and death certificate methods to calculate th

SUBMITTER: Barchuk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585853 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature