The Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer Data Registry
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For more information about
the cancer registry and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, please call (toll free) 1-866-401-0002.
Medical staff members who are
gathering statistics for any work requiring cancer
data may call the following numbers:
• Rhode Island Hospital
401-444-5417
• The Miriam Hospital
401-793-2224
• Newport
Hospital
401-845-1162
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The cancer data registry is an oncology information system
for collecting, managing and analyzing medical data of people who
at any time in their lives have been diagnosed with cancer.
Data are collected for education, lifetime patient follow-up,
research and approval of cancer programs, and are maintained by
the National Cancer Institute and for Rhode Island by the state
Department of Health. These data are important to patients, to
physicians and to the ongoing research that will one day find
a cure for cancer.
The registry is an essential component of the Comprehensive
Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and
Newport Hospital and is valuable to each hospital's approved cancer
programs. It is also available to provide to the medical staff
the statistics they need for any effort that requires cancer data.
The database facilitates the collection, analysis and dissemination
of data on cancer and contains information about cancer site,
stage, histology, treatment, survival and epidemiological characteristics.
Working closely with the American College of Surgeons (ACoS),
we maintain the data in accordance with quality and confidentiality
standards, and we provide information to our researchers, administrators
and clinicians. An ACoS approved cancer program indicates that
the hospital has met rigorous accreditation standards, set by
its state and local regulatory agencies, for an approved cancer
program.
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