The national database of hospital-based cancer registries: A nationwide infrastructure to support evidence-based cancer care and cancer control policy in Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-8

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a,b   Nakamura, Fumiaki ^c   Shibata, Akiko ^b   Emori, Yoshiko ^b   Nishimoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Data infrastructure; National database; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; JAPAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84892465245     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyt013     Document Type: Review

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