First, we had more detailed treatment information available than collected by the tumor registry.

She maintained a tumor registry at the SUNY health sciences center.

Then they use the medical records from tumor registries to determine who developed cancer and what type was developed.

Its accomplishments, she added, have included transferring money from the Defense Department budget to cancer research, obtaining insurance payments for marrow transplants and upgrading the tumor registry.

The researchers studied a population of 3.9 million people covered by Swedish tumor registries and interviewed 146 people with acoustic neuromas.

The results of this pilot study combining tumor registry and insurance claims data raises an important issue for cancer practice in the State of Hawaii and elsewhere.

Verification of cancers can also be made through other medical records, tumor registries, or death certificates.

She maintained a tumor registry at the SUNY Health Science Center.

Connecticut, which has the nation's oldest tumor registry, shows the melanoma incidence doubling every 10 to 12 years since 1934, Dr. Houghton said.

They used medical data from 11 tumor registries established in a previous nationwide study.