title: Emerging roles for cancer registries in cancer control.
abstract: Cancer registries are a vital part of the national cancer effort to cut United States cancer mortality rates in half by the year 2000. Registries provide the data to focus programs and monitor progress. Success in meeting the year 2000 goal will require aggressive attention to the opportunities for prevention, early detection, treatment, and applied cancer control research, all of which complement the current emphasis on basic research.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States