radiation therapy. Registration began in the United States in 1927 and in Europe in 1937. In
Canada the first population-based cancer registry was established in Saskatchewan in …

Cancer registration is a procedure whereby selected information about all patients with
cancer in a precisely defined population is brought together centrally. Its objectives, ideally …

In 1931, a Study Committee on Cancer was established by the Canadian Medical
Association to explore the possibility of developing on a national basis an organized attack …

ONLY two definite epochs appear in the history of cancer therapy. One began with the
Ancients and continued, practically unchanged in its conception, until about the beginning of …

The leading article" Statistical review of cancer in England and Wales" that appeared
recently in the BMJ'emphasised the inconsistencies of" official" statistics. Cancer registries …

During the past 30 years institutions called cancer registries have been established in many
countries in various parts of the world, and the concept is en-countered with increasing …

Incidence and mortality statistics are presented in this paper to provide a measure of the
burden of cancer in our society. We provide estimates of the numbers of new cases and …

THE INCIDENCE RATE or incidence density is the fundamental measure of cancer
frequency-the number of new cases of cancer (or of a particular cancer) occurring per unit of …

In a general hospital of 150 to 200 beds it is obvious that the cancer records would have to
be accumulated for many years before they would yield material for any substantial …

I have a questionaboutthelatestCancer Statistics (CA 39: 3— 20, 1989). On page6 of the
January/February issue, the total number of deaths from cancer in the United States during …