Cancer Surveillance and Intelligence: Use in Health Services Research and Policy

Dear Colleagues,

The impact of cancer in the developed world is enormous. Nearly everyone will be impacted through their own diagnosis and treatment or a family member’s diagnosis. Cancer surveillance using registry data is a fundamental approach to monitor the cancer burden and its changing impacts. Data linkage of registry data to other sources of data such as treatment, recurrence, clinical trials, supportive care, and end of life care expands use of registry data and improves completeness for studies along the continuum of care.

With the implementation of clinical information systems, a wealth of clinical information is now collected, and linkage to the cancer registry can identify population-based cohorts for specific studies. Furthermore, advances in translational and interpretive software can enable information to be obtained from text or verbal dictation for research. The linkage of such information to cancer registry data can provide novel and innovative findings, thereby dramatically expanding the functionality of surveillance data.

This Special Issue seeks research papers on cancer surveillance and analysis utilizing the cancer registry data linked to other sources. Studies may focus on innovative application of cancer registry data throughout the patient treatment continuum in the areas of epidemiology, survival and outcomes, performance measures, and health service assessment.

We welcome original papers, as well as systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

Dr. Lorraine Shack
Dr. Winson Cheung
Guest Editors

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