Full Description
In Japan, the diagnosis and effects of treatment of cancer patients is tracked and evaluated through a registry of the patients. Rather than a demographic or population-based tracking, the Japanese medical community has developed a number of site-specific cancer registries. The registries are administered by the research group or association of medical specialists for the site-specific area. Their promotion of the registries has resulted in national improvements in the diagnosis, surgical techniques, and treatments for cancer.This monograph provides, from each site-specific registration committee, a description, history, number of patients and their clinical characteristics, survival rates by TNM stage, and their time trends in relation to the development of diagnostic methods and elaboration of new treatment. Through greater knowledge has come greater understanding for the medical community of the current diagnostic and therapeutic results for many Japanese cancer patients.
Contents
History and Overview of the Site-Specific Cancer Registries in Japan, S. Watanabe, N. YamaguchiHead and Neck Cancer Registry, The Japanese Joint CommitteeCarcinoma of the Major Salivary Glands, The Japanese Joint Committee on TNM Classification the Head and Neck Subcommittee, the Salivary Gland DivisionThyroid Cancer Registry, Japan Society of Thyroid SurgeryStatistics of Esophageal Cancer Registry, Japanese Committee for Registration of Esophageal Cancer, Japanese Society for Esophagea DiseasesTreatment Results of Gastric Cancer Patients: An Analysis of Nationwide Database, The Japanese Research Society for Gastric CancerA General View of Large Bowel Cancer in Japan, Registry Committee, Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and RectumRegistry of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, The Polyposis Committee of the Japanese Research Society for Cancer of the Colon and RectumPrimary Liver Cancer in Japan, The Liver Cancer Study Group of JapanStatistics Registry of Biliary Tract Cancer, Japanese Society of Biliary SurgeryThe Present Status of Pancreatic Cancer Registration, The Pancreatic Registration Committee of the Japan Pancreas SocietyTime Trends and Survival Rate of Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Registration CommitteeBone Tumor Registration, Musculoskeletal Tumor Committee of the Japanese Orthopaedic AssociationStatistics of Malignant Melanoma, The Japanese Skin Cancer SocietyClinical Statistics on Registered Breast Cancer Patients in Japan, Registration Committee of the Japanese Breast Cancer SocietyRegistration of Gynecologic Malignancies, The Japan Society of Obstetrics and GynecologyStatistics of Bladder Cancer Registry, 1982-1987, Bladder Cancer Registry, Japanese Urological AssociationStatistics of Brain Tumors, 1969-1987: General Features, The Committee of the Brain Tumor Registry of JapanThe Japan Children's Cancer Registry: Outline, Results, and Perspectives, The Committee of the Japan Children's Cancer RegistryAppendixSubject Index
