Hospital Cancer Registry
Hospital cancer registries aim at the improvement of cancer therapy. Therefore they have to collect detailed data about diagnosis and therapy. Improvements can be achieved by:
- comparison of therapy - which therapy is the best
- comparison of therapists - which hospital, which physician has the best results under the same conditions (quality management)
- support of treatment - registries can improve information about a patient and help to provide an optimal treatment by planning therapies and generating reminders
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