title: [Cancer registry in children, why and how was there carried out the registry?].
abstract: Because there is no national program for the registration of cancer in Mexico, the epidemiology of cancer in the population throughout the country is unknown. Thus, the aim was to measure the incidence and the trends that cancer in children at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). A cancer registry (CR) was established in the hospitals located in Mexico City, which are maintained by IMSS. These hospitals provide medical care also to those children who live in the states of Mexico, Morelos, Guerrero, and Chiapas. This population-based registry was started in 1996 and is on-going. Medical personnel (cancer registrars) were specifically trained to collect these data. The data collected during the period 1996-2007 was analyzed. The objective of this registry was to ensure that the collected data completed the quality criteria (completeness, validity, timeliness) in order to estimate the incidence and trends of cancer in the children residing in the five aforementioned jurisdictions of Mexico. Such epidemiological data may lead to a better understanding not only for planning medical treatment, but also to a possible prevention measures of the disease.
authors: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Epidemiología Clínica, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México. afajardo@servidor.unam.mx
authors: Arturo
authors: A
authors: Fajardo-Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries