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Cancer Research Project

Dervan Rural Cancer Registry

Tata Memorial Centre & Bklwalawalkar Hospital

Introduction

The Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai, in collaboration with and BKL Walawalkarhospital (BKLWH), Dervan, has set up a Population based Cancer registry, located at BKLWH, Dervan. The Registry Programme was started in June, 2009. In India, the only rural cancer registry is located at Barshi, Solapur district, Maharashtra; besides this there are several urban-based population registries in different parts of the country. Since there are no cancer statistics from Konkan region, it was felt necessary to set up a Cancer registry at Dervan in Ratnagiri district. The TMC is currently carrying out a large Out-reach programme in the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district since Aug 2003, which is screening high-risk groups. To evaluate the effectiveness of the screening programme, a cancer registry is essential. Cancer registry is the backbone for providing all information on the various patterns of cancer that are diagnosed from a geographical region.

Publications

Research findings and scientific publications from our landmark study

Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across 43 Cancer Registries in India

Quality assessment of a rural population-based cancer registry (PBCR) at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India for the years 2017–18

Head and neck cancer burden in India: an analysis from published data of 37 population-based cancer registries

Hospital based Cancer Registry

Report

Preview Document

Hospital based Cancer Registry – Opening Photo

Population based Cancer Registry

SINDHUDURG –POPULATION BASED CANCER REGISTRY REPORT 2010-2011

RATNAGIRI – POPULATION BASED CANCER REGISTRY REPORT

CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY IN RATNAGIRI 2009-10

Objectives of Cancer Registry

Generating reliable data on the magnitude and patterns of cancer – this would be based on Morbidity and Mortality information according to age, sex and residence of the patient, anatomical site of cancer etc.
To evaluate the Effectiveness of Ongoing Cancer Screening activities in the region.
Undertaking epidemiologic research, such as case control or cohort studies based on observations of registry data
Providing database for developing appropriate strategies to aid in District Cancer Control Programme; this would be in the form of planning, monitoring and evaluation of activities under this programme.

Benefits and Outcomes

Enumeration of disease burden and patterns of cancer in the rural areas: The project will enable in identifying the disease burden and also the common cancers prevalent in the district of Ratnagiri.
National Gain: The valuable information collected will form a basis for planning a Cancer Control Programme in the country.
Research Potential: The project has an excellent potential for community based epidemiological study to identify the risk factors.

The registry staff is visiting several sources like hospitals, private practioneers, pathology labs etc, in Ratnagiri district that has documents relating to diagnosis. This source of information is compiled in the registry database, by checking for duplicate registrations, residency status etc, before being populated into the Cancer Database. Till date, there has been a overwhelming response by all concerned, to our requests. This has been very encouraging, and the data so collected will be useful for a rural cancer database that will help in identifying the burden of cancer. This in turn will be useful for health authorities to initiate / updgrade the facilities for cancer diagnosis,treatment and research. This information will be useful for developing a District Cancer Control Programme as well.

A team of social investigators will be visiting different sources from the district such as Hospitals, Clinics, Pathology labs, and Radiology centers etc. to collect the information about all types of Cancer cases from these sources and the cases will be added in Cancer registry.

Taluka wise Count 2009 Cases

Taluka	Count
Chiplun	131
Guhagar	46
Lanja	54
Rajapur	66
Sangameshwar	81
Dapoli	76
Khed	66
Mandangad	12
Ratnagiri	115
Grand Total	648

Award

Cancer Research Project