Cancer Registries Cost

CANCER REGISTRIES TRACK AND MONITOR CANCER TRENDS OVER TIME AND PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES, IMPLEMENTING PREVENTION, SCREENING AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS, AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CANCER PROGRAMS AND POLICIES GLOBAL CANCER BURDEN In 2012 there were 14.1 million new cancer cases, which is estimated to rise 54% by 2030 43% 57% NEW CANCER CASES 35% 65% CANCER DEATHS 52% 48% LIVING WITH CANCER Rest of the World Resource Limited Areas Globocan 2012, World Health Organization FACTORS THAT AFFECT COSTS' Cancer registries can improve operations and efficiency SCARCITY OF CANCER DATA Percentage of population covered by high quality cancer registries 42 Europe Size Quality of data of area Number of 95 served available reporting Data collection sources North America procedures (paper vs. electronic) Asia Volume of cases Staff turnover and training requirements Africa Latin 78 Organization/ funding America Work Cost of and Caribbean mix living structure Oceania The Cancer Atlas, American Cancer Society COST AT THE POPULATION LEVEL Spread over the population covered by the registries, registry costs per person are low COST PER PERSON (lowest to highest in study) 22¢ 18¢ 11¢ 13¢ 5¢ 3¢ 1¢ 1¢ Mumbai Kampala Nairobi Barranquilla Bucaramanga Manizales Cali Pasto INDIA UGANDA KENYA COLOMBIA 'Subramanian, Sujha et al. Developing and testing a cost data collection instrument for noncommunicable disease registry planning. Cancer Epidemiology, 2016. To learn more, visit www.cancerepidemiology.net Tangka, Florence et al. Resource requirements for cancer registration in areas with limited resources: Analysis of cost data from four low- and middle-income countries. Cancer Epidemiology, 2016. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention