- Title
- Reducing inequities in cancer care: the role of cancer registries
- Creator
- Sanson-Fisher, Rob; Carey, Mariko; Mackenzie, Lisa; Hill, David; Campbell, Sharon; Turner, Donna
- Relation
- Cancer Vol. 115, Issue 16, p. 3597-3605
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24415
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Despite advances in cancer care, recommended medical treatments and psychosocial interventions are not provided to all patients who are likely to benefit. The gap between best-evidence practice and existing care means cancer patients continue to receive different levels of care, resulting in differences in important outcomes. This article proposes that central (population-based) cancer registries could play a role in enhancing the delivery of equitable cancer control services to the populations they serve. This could include assessment of quality and variations in care, identification of cancer patients to support the delivery of cancer control services to improve postdisease surveillance, screening of at-risk relatives of cancer patients, and identification of candidates for services designed to improve psychosocial well-being.
- Subject
- breast cancer; clinical practice; colorectal cancer; cancer research; cancer survival; ovarian cancer; colon cancer
- Identifier
- uon:7119
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/806467
- Identifier
- ISSN:0008-543X
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