CANCER REGISTRIES - INFORMATION-SYSTEMS F OR CANCER CONTROL

Cancer is a big challenge for developed countries. Cancer registries a re an important database for tasks as research on causes, early detect ion, the interdisciplinary health care delivery, the measurement of ou tcome and cost-effectiveness analysis. The modern information- and com munication technology offers the chance to integrate cancer registries in the process of health care delivery and to broaden and focus epide miological research on the entire course of cancer diseases. Related s ystem concepts are exemplary for computerized registries.