Strengthen Cancer Surveillance in Sri Lanka by Implementing Cancer Registry Informatics to Enhance Cancer Registry Data Accuracy, Completeness, and Timeliness

Cancer surveillance is a process of systematic, continuous collection, storage, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of epidemiological information on cancer cases occurring in a particular geographic area. The process of cancer surveillance is also called 'cancer registration'. A system to conduct cancer registration is called 'cancer registry'. The purpose of the project is to implement cancer registry informatics to enhance electronic cancer registry reporting activities that take advantage of emerging health information technology. The expected function of the application is to strengthen the cancer registry data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. The goals to be achieved are: determine the incidence of cancers with respect to geographic, demographic characteristics; monitor trends and patterns of cancer incidences over time; identify high-risk populations; provide data for epidemiological studies and prioritize health resource allocations.