WHO: New guidelines for planning and developing cancer registries
27 May 2014
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO and the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) launched new guidelines for establishing cancer registries.
The publication, titled “Planning and developing population-based cancer registration in low- and middle-income settings”, provides essential guidance on the key steps in planning a registry, including accessing sources of information, monitoring the quality of the data, and reporting results.