About cancer registriesThe assessment of the burden of cancer as a national effort started in 1982 when six cancer registries were set up by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) in Bengaluru. Cancer registries collect data, from diagnosis through survivorship, to build an understanding of the disease and its management. India has 31 population-based cancer registries (PBCR) and 29 hospital-based cancer registries (HBCR), which serve as the primary source of credible data on cancer. Hospital-based cancer registries record information on patients being treated at a specific hospital, while population-based cancer registries collate data on the occurrence of cancer in a defined population. Expanding cancer registries across the country will provide region-wise specific data to strategically plan and prioritise interventions to triumph over cancer – the emperor of all maladies.

Source: dna November 25, 2017 01:47 UTC