The ‘Karachi Cancer Registry’ (KCR) is the first population-based cancer registry in Pakistan. The Government of Sindhestablished it in January 1995, in collaboration with the Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, International ...

Surveillance of Cancer Mortality in 1973-75At the end of 1970’s, the most unforgettable and important event in cancer control of China was the national survey ofcancer mortality for the period of 1973 – 1975, which was ...

Cancer data in Indonesia are mainly based on pathology diagnosis, compiled from all pathology laboratories. Cancer dataproduced by other departments (e.g Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology ) comprise case series of cases ...

The first attempt at cancer registration in the Philippines was in 1959 when the Philippine Cancer Society tried unsuccessfullyto organize a National Cancer Registry. In 1968, the Philippine Cancer Society launched the ...

It was not until 1980 that cancer registration was started in Korea; official registration began with the financial supportof World Health Organization on July 1st of that year. Forty-five training and two non-training ...

Cancer registration was started in 1971 by the National Cancer Institute, with the collection of information on cancerpatients treated in 53 hospitals throughout the country. Data collection relied upon passive notification. ...

The Taiwan Cancer Registry was founded in 1979 by the National Department of Health with an aim to estimate thecancer incidence in Taiwan. It is a population-based cancer registry with the collection of information on ...

The Sultanate of Oman is located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula (Fig 1). The total area is approximately309,500 square kilometers and it is the second largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. The ...

Singapore is a tiny city-state of 660 km2, with a total population of 3.9 million. The resident population (3.2 million) ispredominantly Chinese (77%), with 14% Malays and 8% Indians. The life expectancy is 75.6 years for ...

The 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association of Cancer Registries was held in Khon Kaen,Thailand, in November 2000. This was the first meeting in Asia since 1994 and the Executive of the Association ...

The challenge of population based cancer registration in developing countries is enormous. The first population basedcancer registry named Bombay Cancer Registry, was established by the Indian Cancer Society in Mumbai ...

Vietnam is a very populous developing country with the population in 1999’s census of more than 76 million and populationdensity of 231 pers/km2. The annual population grow rate in 1999 was 1.8%. It is an “young” population ...