title: Preliminary results from the pilot study on the National Cancer Patient Registry--Cervical Cancer.
abstract: Carcinoma of the cervix is the most common malignancy in many developing countries. The purpose of this pilot study on cervical cancer patients treated at selected sites in Malaysia is to examine the achievability of collecting information on patients. The data was collected from the medical records of the patients using case report form. The results reveal that more than 90% of the forms had completed data from all sites. The pilot study has demonstrated that it is feasible to register and collect information on cervical cancer patients using the case report forms. Treatment outcome obtained from this data will form the baseline to establish existing clinical practice and will be useful for treating physicians to monitor the treatment outcome and the late complications and with longer followup to measure the disease free and overall survival. In addition, it is an useful tool as the national indicator.
authors.affiliation: Sarawak General Hospital, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, 93586 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Devi Beena
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: L C C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Gerard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery