Abstract

MOURA, Lenildo de et al. Evaluation of the population based cancer registry of the Municipality of Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2006, vol.15, n.4, pp.07-17. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742006000400002.

Population Based Cancer Registries (RCBP) constitute a recognized tool for cancer surveillance and monitoring, and have a fundamental role in Public Health. The application of an evaluation methodology will generate valuable information with respect to the quality and usefulness of the registries. The applied evaluation methodology was based on the following publications: “Guidelines for Evaluating Surveillance Systems”, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States of America; “Cancer Registry: Principles and Methods” (manuals), and the “Comparability and Quality Control of Cancer Registry”, both of the International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR)/World Health Organization (WHO); and “Routines and Procedures for Population-based Cancer Registrees”, of the National Institute of Cancer of the Ministry of Health of Brazil (Inca/MS). The RCBP of the Municipality of Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil, showed to be complex in its operationalization, but flexible, timely, useful and representative. The measured quality indicators validate the importance and the role of the information generated by the registry as subsidies for implementation of public prevention and cancer control policies.

Keywords : evaluation; cancer registry; surveillance; monitoring.

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