A paper titled ‘Future of population-based cancer registries: A global perspective – A survey of population-based cancer registries’ has been published in the International Journal of Cancer.

Population-based cancer registries play a fundamental role in cancer control. They collect data to compile information on the occurrence, extent, and outcome of cancer in geographically defined populations.

A Working Group was established to develop a cohesive plan for surveying population-based cancer registries. The Working Group included representatives from ICCR (Professor Tim Helliwell, past ICCR Vice-President), Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) TNM Project, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR), North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC).

To read more on the journal article and the findings of the Working Group Cancer Registries’ survey please click here.