Data Quality and Quality Control of a Population-Based Cancer Registry: Experience in Finland

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyly Teppo ◽  
Eero Pukkala ◽  
Maria Lehtonen
2017 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarit K. Leinonen ◽  
Joonas Miettinen ◽  
Sanna Heikkinen ◽  
Janne Pitkäniemi ◽  
Nea Malila

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1706-1717
Author(s):  
Radu-Mihai Ignat ◽  
Daniela Coza ◽  
Patricia Ignat ◽  
Radu-Ion Badea ◽  
Ofelia Șuteu

(1) Background: Romania has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in Europe. In Cluj County, the first screening program was initiated in 1998. We aimed to investigate the time trends of cervical cancer incidence in women from Cluj County and to evaluate the data quality at the Cancer Registry. (2) Methods: We calculated time trends of standardized incidence rates in the period 1998–2014 and the Annual Percent Change (APC%). To assess data quality, we used the indicators: mortality/incidence ratio (M/I), percentage of cases declared only at death (DOD%), and percentage of cases with pathological confirmation (PC%). (3) Results: The standardized incidence rate increased steadily, from 23.74 cases/100,000 in 1998, to 32/100,000 in 2014, with an APC% of 2.49% (p < 0.05). The rise in incidence affected both squamous cell carcinoma (APC% 2.49%) (p < 0.05) and cervical adenocarcinoma (APC% 10.54%) (p < 0.05). The M/I ratio was 0.29, DOD% 2.66%, and MC% 94.8%. The last two parameters are within the silver standard concerning data quality. (4) Conclusions. Our study revealed an ascending trend of cervical cancer incidence, more consistent for adenocarcinoma, in the context of a newly introduced screening program and partially due to the improvement of the quality of case reporting at the Cancer Registry from Cluj.


Cancer ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 4982-4993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Allemani ◽  
Rhea Harewood ◽  
Christopher J. Johnson ◽  
Helena Carreira ◽  
Devon Spika ◽  
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Author(s):  
Antonella D. Pontoriero ◽  
Giovanna Nordio ◽  
Rubaida Easmin ◽  
Alessio Giacomel ◽  
Barbara Santangelo ◽  
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