A Population-Based Childhood Cancer Registry in Chennai, India
The first population-based cancer registry dedicated to childhood cancer in India, based in Chennai publishes its inaugural report
The Pediatric Cancer Registry in Chennai, India, is headed by Professor Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, the head of the registry, who is also an IARC Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (GICR) trainer in childhood cancer registration. The childhood cancer registry closely collaborates with the Chennai population-based cancer registry, which has been run from WIA since 1982 and is currently led by Professor Swaminathan Rajaraman, a long-standing IARC collaborator.
The registry report, Assessment of Barriers and Enablers for Implementing a Population-Based Childhood Cancer Registry in Chennai, India describes the burden of childhood cancer in the Greater Chennai Zone. The incidence rate was 136 per million during 2022–2023.
The 2-year survival was 60% for all registered patients and 70% for patients for whom it was possible to obtain high-resolution data. The main added value of the childhood cancer registry is recording additional variables, such as stage and treatment. The report also includes an assessment of barriers and enablers for implementing the registry, described in a recently published stand-alone article in the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer.
Read the published article here: “Assessment of barriers and enablers for implementing a population-based childhood cancer registry in Chennai, India”
Read IARC’s Press Release here: https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/first-dedicated-population-based-childhood-cancer-registry-in-india-releases-inaugural-report/