title: Cancer registries are not just "black holes".
abstract: The most exciting development regarding access to national cancer data is the recent creation of the National Cancer Database.
authors: Portland Adventist Medical Center, OR.
authors: L L
authors: LL
authors: Johansen
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000592:standards; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology