Specifically, how have cancer registry data been utilized?
There have been obvious limitations to the utility of cancer registry data due to the timeliness issues. Nevertheless, the data that do exist are considered to be of high quality. In fact, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) audited Nevada’s data in January 2001 and found it to meet their gold standard in all respects except for having 95% of the cases within 2 years of diagnosis. Because of this, the cancer registry data have been utilized in verifying the Churchill County childhood leukemia cluster. Also, the University of California at Berkeley has utilized data from the Registry in conducting an important study of bladder cancer as it relates to arsenic exposure. The University of California at Los Angeles has utilized cancer registry data for an environmental epidemiological study comparing selected Nevada and California counties. The Washoe County District Health Department uses cancer registry data in the formulation of chronic disease reports fo
