Cancer Registry REPORT
A cancer registry is a system designed to collect information about the occurrence of cancer, the types of cancers that occur and their locations within the body, the extent of cancer at the time of diagnosis, and the kinds of treatments that patients receive.
We are a hospital-based cancer registry responsible for ensuring that our doctors, nurses and researchers have the best quality data to work with when evaluating patient care and response to treatment. This data is also used to identify community and nationwide trends as well as opportunities for continued quality improvements in caring for our cancer patients at Renown Health.
Cancer is a reportable disease and the hospital registrars known as Certified Tumor Registrars( CTR) are charged with keeping the hospital compliant with federally and state mandated reporting requirements. Their role also includes monitoring strict adherence to patient confidentiality laws and tracking the progress of our cancer programs. Renown Cancer Registry currently has two full-time CTRs and one followup clerk.
During 2015, Renown Cancer Registry recorded 2,139 reportable cancer cases and of that number, 1,757 patients( 82 percent) were analytical cases that were initially diagnosed and / or received their first treatment at Renown Institute for Cancer.
TOP TEN SITES BY GENDER
Males Prostate Gland – 166( 17 %)
Bronchus & Lung – 116( 12 %) Colon & Rectum – 81( 9 %) Urinary Bladder – 76( 8 %) Kidney & Renal Pelvis – 43( 5 %) Melanoma of the Skin – 43( 5 %)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – 42( 4 %) Leukemia – 39( 4 %)
Oral Cavity & Pharynx – 37( 4 %) Pancreas – 29( 3 %)
All Other Sites – 279( 30 %)
Female Breast – 378( 32 %)
Bronchus & Lung – 113( 10 %) Colon & Rectum – 69( 6 %) Uterine Corpus – 63( 5 %) Thyroid – 49( 4 %) Pancreas – 41( 3 %)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma – 39( 3 %) Ovary – 35( 3 %)
Cervix Uteri – 32( 3 %) Leukemia – 31( 3 %)
All Other Sites – 338( 29 %)
Genitourinary cancers, prostate, bladder and kidney, were all in the men’ s top five newly diagnosed cancer cases at Renown. Lung and colon / rectal cancers make up the other top five cancers.
Nearly 68 percent of the people diagnosed in 2015 at Renown were women. Breast cancer was not only the top newly diagnosed cancer for women, but also the number one cancer diagnosis – 32 percent, at Renown Health in 2015. Combined, gynecologic cancers( uterine, ovarian and cervix) were the second leading diagnosis for women at Renown. Lung, colon / rectal and uterine cancers make up the other top five cancers.
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