Increasing performance of a hospital-based cancer registry: Hacettepe University hospitals experience

Kutluk T., HAYRAN K. M., Kilickap S., Yuce D., Celik I., Erman M., ...More

JOURNAL OF BUON, vol.18, no.4, pp.1088-1096, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BUON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1088-1096
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: High-quality hospital-based cancer registry systems are the key elements of a healthy population-based cancer data. The purpose of this study was to present a recent history of establishing a valuable and reliable hospital-based cancer registry in a university hospital in Turkey, and the data gathered by this system in the last 9 years.