Term: Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2018-11-14

Definition:

The Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment data is a population-based central cancer registry of all cancer cases in the province, maintained by CancerCare Manitoba. It contains "details on the type of cancer, place of diagnosis, date of diagnosis, method of diagnosis and other steps along the patient's journey, including treatment information, such as if surgery, chemotherapy or radiation took place". (CancerCare Manitoba, 2015)

Source: CancerCare Manitoba. What is the Manitoba Cancer Registry? 2015 - https://www.cancercare.mb.ca/Research/epidemiology-cancer-registry/what-is-the-manitoba-cancer-registry/index.html - accessed November 14, 2018.

For more information on Manitoba Cancer Registry data, see the:

• Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data Description that contains a brief summary of the content of the data set and information on the Source Agency, Purpose, Years, Type, Size, Data Level, Components, Scope, Data Collection Method, Data Highlights, Data Cautions, Access Requirements, More Information, and Last Updated date;
  
  
• MCHP Metadata Repository - Manitoba Cancer Registry - [Internal Access Only] - for technical and programming related information, including an Overview, Data Model, Data Quality, Data Dictionary, Documents and Reports, and Blog.

Related concepts 

• Cancer Diagnoses Validity / Agreement In Administrative Health Data
• Location of Residence (Postal Code) Agreement in Administrative Data
• Overview of the Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data

Related terms 

• Breast Cancer Incidence
• Breast Screening Data – CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB)
• Cancer Data
• Cancer Diagnoses Agreement
• Cancer Incidence by Site (Top 10 Cancers)
• Cancer Site
• Cancer Stage
• CancerCare Manitoba
• Cervical Cancer Incidence
• Cervix Screening Data – CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB)
• Chemotherapy
• Colon Screening Data – CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB)
• Colorectal Cancer Incidence
• Hormone Therapy
• Location of Residence (Postal Code) Agreement
• Lung Cancer Incidence and Prevalence
• Radiation Therapy
• Surgical Intervention (Cancer Treatment)

Links 

• MCHP Data Repository - Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data Description

References 

• Lix L, Smith M, Pitz M, Ahmed R, Quon H, Griffith J, Turner D, Hong S, Prior H, Banerjee A, Koseva I, Kulbaba C. Cancer Data Linkage in Manitoba: Expanding the Infrastructure for Research. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2016. [Report] [Summary] (View)

Term used in 

• Martens P, Nickel N, Forget E, Lix L, Turner D, Prior H, Walld R, Soodeen RA, Rajotte L, Ekuma O. The Cost of Smoking: A Manitoba Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2015. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)