TY - JOUR ID - 69804 TI - Population Based Cancer Registry of India – the Challenges and Opportunities JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Behera, Priyamadhaba AU - Patro, Binod Kumar AD - Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 19 IS - 10 SP - 2885 EP - 2889 KW - cancer KW - Population-Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) KW - India DO - 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.10.2885 N2 - Cancer is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in India. Globally, out of 14 million diagnosednew cancer cases slightly more than 1 million were from India. Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) playsa vital role in formulating cancer control plans as well as in monitoring their success. The article identifies challengesand opportunities for the PBCRs in India. Major challenges of PBCRs in India are-low coverage, urban dominance,quality assurance in data, less awareness among rural people, lack of follow-up and survival data, timeliness, highcost of registration, non-linkage of PBCR with other PBCRs and Hospital Based Cancer Registries (HBCRs) andgeneralization of estimates at country level. Expansion of cancer atlas project, real time data collection, enteringAadhar number (UID) during registration and establishing linkage among various PBCRs and PBCRs with HBCRswill improve cancer registration and its quality on a short-term basis. However, the opportunity of development newPBCRs in linkage with existing Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) will increase coverage as wellas sustainability of PBCRs in India. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_69804.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_69804_dcce90833c4a8ca028f564f0834b3499.pdf ER -