Epidemiology and survival outcomes of patients with primary intraocular lymphoma: a population-based analysis by Lin-feng He, Jin-di Zhang, Xin-xin Chen, Rui-li Wei

“…Herein, we aimed to analyze the epidemiology and survival outcomes of PIOL patients based on a population-based cancer registry in the United States. Methods Patients diagnosed with PIOL between 1992 and 2018 were identified from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program. …”
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Prognostic Index for Predicting Prostate Cancer Survival in a Randomized Screening Trial: Development and Validation by Subas Neupane, Jaakko Nevalainen, Jani Raitanen, Kirsi Talala, Paula Kujala, Kimmo Taari, Teuvo L. J. Tammela, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Anssi Auvinen

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Propensity score analysis comparing survival between definitive chemoradiotherapy and esophagectomy with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcin... by Yi-Lin Chang, Ya-Fu Cheng, Hui-Shan Chen, Siao-Chi Wu, Wei-Heng Hung, Heng-Chung Chen, Chang-Lun Huang, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Bing-Yen Wang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Records from 2008 to 2014 of 4931 patients with clinical T1-3/N0-3 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma receiving definitive chemoradiotherapy or esophagectomy with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy were obtained from the Taiwan Cancer Registry. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed and propensity score matching was used to minimize the bias. …”
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Breast Cancer Trend: A Case Study of a Tertiary Health Institution in Nigeria by Deborah Tolulope Esan, Ayodeji Akinwande Fasoro, Oluwaseun Elizabeth Olatoye, Elizabeth Funmilayo Ojo, Theophilus Olaide Esan

“…Participants consisted of patients registered in the cancer registry who had histologically confirmed breast cancer. …”
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Polygenic risk score-based prediction of breast cancer risk in Taiwanese women with dense breast using a retrospective cohort study by Chih-Chiang Hung, Sin-Hua Moi, Hsin-I Huang, Tzu-Hung Hsiao, Chi-Cheng Huang

“…This is a retrospective cohort study integrated breast cancer screening, population genotyping, and cancer registry database. The PRSs of the study cohort were estimated using genotyping data of 77 single nucleotide polymorphisms based on the PGS000001 Catalog. …”
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Survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients with versus without prior cancer by Akira Sato, Toshitaka Morishima, Masato Takeuchi, Kayo Nakata, Koji Kawakami, Isao Miyashiro

“…Using population-based cancer registry data linked with administrative claims data, this retrospective cohort study examined patients aged 15–84 years diagnosed with NSCLC between 2010 and 2015 in Japan. …”
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Selection Bias in Real-World Data Studies Used to Support Health Technology Assessments: A Case Study in Metastatic Cancer by Tamer N. Jarada, Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Darren R. Brenner, Winson Y. Cheung, Devon J. Boyne

“…Individuals diagnosed with solid metastatic cancer in Alberta, Canada, between 2010–2019 were identified using the provincial cancer registry for 13 common metastatic sites. Two outcomes used to support oncology reimbursement decisions were examined: the proportion of individuals who initiated systemic therapy and median overall survival (OS). …”
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Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms for Digestive Cancer in the Spanish Healthcare Database BIFAP by Encarnación Fernández-Antón, Antonio Rodríguez-Miguel, Miguel Gil, Amelia Castellano-López, Francisco J. de Abajo

“…Age and sex standardized incidence rates (SIRs) were compared with those reported by the National Cancer Registry (REDECAN). Results: we identified 95,672 potential cases. …”
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INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY OF CERVICAL CANCER IN THE OMSK REGION by O. P. Goleva, Z. B. Tasova, O. P. Prudnikova

“…According to population-based cancer registry data for the period 2004–16, the crude cancer incidence and mortality rates in urban and rural populations were calculated. …”
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Severity of COVID-19 cases in the months of predominance of the Alpha and Delta variants by D. Florensa, J. Mateo, R. Spaimoc, C. Miret, S. Godoy, F. Solsona, P. Godoy

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Utilization of Radiotherapy for Bladder Cancer: Evolving referral and practice patterns in the general population by Shelly Wei, Christopher Booth, Robert Siemens

“…A retrospective cohort study was conducted by linking administrative treatment records with the Ontario Cancer Registry to identify all patients who received treatment with curative intent for bladder cancer in Ontario from 1994-2013. …”
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Low-dose aspirin use and survival in colorectal cancer: results from a population-based cohort study by Ronan T. Gray, Helen G. Coleman, Carmel Hughes, Liam J. Murray, Chris R. Cardwell

“…Methods A cohort of 8391 patients with Dukes’ A-C CRC (2009–2012) was identified from the Scottish Cancer Registry and linked to national prescribing and death records. …”
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Incidence and Mortality by the Main Types of Cancer in the City of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Between the Years of 2008 and 2016 by Jânia Cristiane de Souza Oliveira, Lucas Matos Castelo, Mariana Rosa Soares, Amanda Silva Magalhães, Danielle Martins da Costa Eustáquio, Jacqueline Pimenta Navarro-Silva, Bárbara da Silva Nalin de Souza, Noemi Dreyer Galvão, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade

“…Methods: Time series study with data from the Mortality Information System and the Population-Based Cancer Registry. Stratified by sex, the proportional distribution of new cases and deaths by age group and the cancer incidence and mortality rates standardized by the world population were calculated. …”
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Age and cancer type: associations with increased odds of receiving a late diagnosis in people with advanced cancer by Sarah Mills, Peter Donnan, Deans Buchanan, Blair H. Smith

“…Method Retrospective cohort study of 2,443 people who died from cancer (‘cancer decedents’) in 2013–2015. Demographic and cancer registry datasets linked using patient-identifying Community Health Index numbers. …”
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Lymph Node Number Predicts the Efficacy of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Node-Positive Endometrial Cancer Patients by Jie Lee, Tsung Yu, Mu-Hung Tsai

“…Data of 441 patients diagnosed with International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIC endometrial cancer and who underwent adjuvant chemotherapy alone or chemoradiotherapy between 2009 and 2015 from the Taiwan Cancer Registry were reviewed. The patients were stratified based on the number of positive LN as follows: 1, 2–5, and ≥ 6. …”
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Breast Cancer in Turkey; An Analysis of 20.000 Patients with Breast Cancer by Vahit Özmen, Tolga Özmen, Volkan Doğru

“…This study presents the characteristics of patients registered in National Breast Cancer Registry Program of Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases Societies.Materials and Methods: The registry contains 242 variables under 10 categories and 699 questions. …”
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Evaluating the impact of timing of initiation of community-based palliative care on use and cost of unplanned acute care services at the end of life: A study using linked hospital... by Rachael Moorin, Cameron Wright, David Youens

“…Objectives and Approach We explored the association between timing of CPC initiation and unplanned hospital use, over the final year of life for Western Australian cancer decedents who died between 1/1/2001 and 31/12/2011 using linked Cancer Registry, Mortality System, Hospital Morbidity Data Collection, Emergency Department (ED) Data Collection and CPC records. …”
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Cancer incidence in the middle region of Libya: Data from the cancer epidemiology study in Misurata by Anas Zarmouh, Abdulrahman Almalti, Ahmad Alzedam, Marwa Hamad, Hamad Elmughrabi, Laila Alnajjar, Mohammed Elmugassabi, Muataz Kashbour, Wesam Elsaghayer

“…Abstract Background Cancer incidence and cancer registries are essential for local epidemiological information. …”
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The BC Generations Project as a Tumor Tissue Resource for Cancer Research by Umaimah Zanif, Jessica Chu, Jonathan Simkin, Trevor Dummer, Ryan Woods, Eric Belanger, Parveen Bhatti

“…Our aim was to establish and test a process for accessing tumor samples, held at pathology laboratories around British Columbia (BC), for participants of the BC Generations Project (BCGP). Through the BC Cancer Registry, we identified pathology reports for 1100 (93%) of the 1180 incident solid cancer cases diagnosed in BCGP as of 2019. …”
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Data Linkage for Optimizing Rectal Cancer Care in Alberta by Quynh Le, Lorraine Shack, Adam Elwi, Francesca Coutinho, Ryan Rochon, Todd Mcmullen, Donald Buie

“…Our approaches included: 1) multidisciplinary tumor board consultation together with physician education sessions in reviewing standards of care and quality metrics; 2) data linkage and analysis based on chart reviews and extraction of data from Alberta Cancer Registry; and 3) production of provincial reports and individual feedbacks to physicians. …”
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