Guidelines for confidentiality and cancer registration

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2095-2096

  Storm, H ^a   Brewster, D H ^b   Coleman, M P ^c   Deapen, D ^d   Oshima, A ^e   Threlfall, T ^f   Demaret E ^g  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program   (United States)

^e OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 21244497076     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602618     Document Type: Letter

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