Current status of the Japanese cancer registry system: results of a nationwide survey.
A survey about the status of the Japanese cancer registry system was administered to certified cancer network hospitals in Japan. It revealed that the cancer registry system was utilized in most of the responding hospitals. However, the degree of data integration with the hospital information system and the levels of data utilization inside the hospital were not high.
Sawa
Tomohiro
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Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuji
Koichiro
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Kami
Masahiro
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Ohno-Machado
Lucila
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Nakata
Yoshinori
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D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D003625:Data Collection; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007564:Japan; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D009369:Neoplasms; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*