title: A proposal for the reporting of cancer by hospital pathologists.
abstract: A proposal is presented that pathologists submit diagnostic information in each newly diagnosed case of cancer. An existing regional cancer incidence reporting system would be the recipient of these confidential data. The information could be used for monitoring the total cancer population within a geopolitical region. Problems that can be anticipated in planning for implementation of this proposal are addressed in general terms.
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital; D012042:Registries