title: Current status of canine cancer registration - report from an international workshop.
abstract: This is a report from a workshop on canine cancer registration hosted at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in Oslo in August 2010. The aim is to present a summary of the current efforts to gather data on canine (and feline) cancer based on information from participants at the workshop. A definition and classification of cancer registries is provided together with an inventory of the databases presented. Particular focus is placed on the distinction between population-based and hospital-based cancer registries. Future challenges are discussed and issues relating to harmonization of diagnostic coding, defining the population-at-risk, individual animal identification and data quality are included. Finally, other groups working within the field of cancer registration in companion animals are encouraged to contact the authors for future collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway. ane.nodtvedt@nvh.no
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nødtvedt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berke
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Bonnett
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brønden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009664:Norway; D012042:Registries