How do cancer registries in europe estimate completeness of registration?
OBJECTIVES: Several methods for estimating completeness in cancer registries have been proposed. Little is known about their relative merits. Before embarking on a systematic comparison of methods we wanted to know which indicators were currently in use and whether there had been comparative investigations of estimation methods. METHODS: We performed a survey among European cancer registries asking which methods for estimating completeness they used and whether they had performed comparisons of methods. RESULTS: One hundred and ninety-five European cancer registries were contacted after identification using membership directories of the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) and of the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR). Fifty-six (29%; 22%-36%) of the 195 cancer registries replied. Forty-eight (86%; 74%-94%) of these stated that they estimated completeness. Thirty-five (73%; 58%-85%) used historic comparisons, 31 (65%; 49%-78%) compared their data with a refer
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