Building cancer surveillance capacity: Wisconsin tribal and urban Indian clinics
Authors: Strickland R., Pierce K., Stephenson L., Miller-Korth N, Knutsen K, Waukau J, Remington P, Kaur JS
Publication Year: 2003
Last Updated: 2016-01-19
Journal: IHS Primary Care Provider
Keywords: Data Collection; Neoplasms/epidemiology; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Registries; Wisconsin
Abstract:
The cancer surveillance capacity building project was a collaborative effort of a tribal health organization, the state health department, and comprehensive cancer centers implemented in all tribal and urban program Indian clinics in Wisconsin. The project examined data available on American Indian cancer patients in clinic records, identified cancer screenings currently being conducted, and implemented a trial use of a neoplasm record form to report cases to the Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System, the states cancer registry. At the outset, no Indian health clinics were reporting new cancer cases to the statewide cancer registry. Only 28 (50%) of the 56 American Indian cancer cases ascertained in the 2001 trial program were found in the statewide registry, and of those reported, 7 (25%) were not reported as American Indian. This suggests that underreporting of Wisconsin American Indian cancer cases may be a regular occurrence and underscores the value of direct reporting by tribal and urban program Indian clinics to the statewide cancer registry.
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