How will the information collected by the Vermont Cancer Registry be used to help patients?
Learning more about cancer patterns in Vermont will improve researchers’ ability to probe the causes of cancer and will enable public health officials to design better cancer prevention and control efforts. For example, if a particular ethnic or age group or a particular area of the state has a high rate of a certain type of cancer, public health officials can take steps to make sure residents get prevention information, cancer screening, and early treatment. Will information in the registry be kept confidential? YES. The identities of individual cancer patients, physicians and facilities are protected by law and are never revealed outside the registry system. A researcher who wants to contact an individual cancer patient must first have permission from the patient’s physician. FOR MORE INFORMATION – Call the Vermont Department of Health at (802) 865-7749 Vermont Department of Health P.O.
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