Would a community and/or family health study allow us to overcome the limitations of existing data?
A community and/or family health study would give insight to information that may not have been collected in registries, such as the Tennessee Cancer Registry. However, it is important to note that such studies also have their limitations, such as: loss of documents for disease diagnoses and accuracy to account for disease diagnoses for deceased. Also, a community and/or family health study would look at many other health issues, not just cancer.
