Obtaining Cancer Net Survival Estimates in Brazil: Potentialities and Challenges

Authors

  • Camila Macedo Lima Nagamine Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia. Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas. Vitória da Conquista (BA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4142-6940
  • Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia. Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2502-5883
  • Priscilla Wolff Moreira Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre (PMPA). Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5277-4820
  • Laura Clezar Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia. Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7373-5445
  • Patrícia Klarmann Ziegelmann Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia. Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-2011

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2025v71n1.4910

Keywords:

Neoplasms/epidemiology, Electronic Health Records, Survival

Abstract

Cancer surveillance involves systematic strategies to monitor individuals at risk, to identify early signs of the disease, improve clinical outcomes and increase survival rates. Cancer registries are an essential tool of cancer control as they measure the incidence and trends of the disease, providing indicators to plan the evaluation of cancer control activities. In addition, they help the elaboration of researches recommended by the guidelines of the National Health System (SUS). The text discusses the benefits and challenges the registries face, standing out how they impact the collection and utilization of essential data for research and survival analysis. Population registries have to deal with poor integration of data and constant updating of the systems to monitor new information and technologies. Hospital registries may have to cope with consistency issues and quality of the data because of the diversity of protocols of collection and documentation. It is necessary to enhance the standardization of the data and collaboration among institutions to overcome these challenges and to improve the efficacy of cancer registries and help to maximize the potential of the registries for researches and survival of patients with cancer.

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2025-02-03

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Nagamine CML, Goulart BNG de, Moreira PW, Rodrigues LC, Ziegelmann PK. Obtaining Cancer Net Survival Estimates in Brazil: Potentialities and Challenges. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 3 [cited 2025 Mar. 14];71(1):e-174910. Available from: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/4910

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Vol. 71 No. 1 (2025): Jan./Feb./Mar.

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