Temporal Trends in the Completeness of Epidemiological Variables in a Hospital-Based Cancer Registry of a Pediatric Oncology Center in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID15468191
AuthorsJonathan Grassi (0000-0001-5477-5109, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Raphael Manhães Pessanha (0000-0001-6893-0755, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Wesley Rocha Grippa (0000-0003-3572-6031, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Larissa Soares Dell’Antonio (0000-0001-5084-2829, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Cristiano Dell'Antonio (0000-0001-6568-1300, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Laure Faure (Inserm), Jacqueline Clavel (0000-0002-3616-7676, Inserm), Luis Carlos Lopes-Júnior (0000-0002-2424-6510, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume21
Issue2
Pages200-200
Publication date2024-02-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph21020200
PMID38397690
OpenAlexW4391684954
LanguageEN
References cited27

This ecological time series study aimed to examine the temporal trends in the completeness of epidemiological variables from a hospital-based cancer registry (HbCR) of a reference center for pediatric oncology in Brazil from 2010 to 2016. Completeness categories were based on the percentage of missing data, with the categories excellent ( 50%). Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed using R.4.1.0; a Mann-Kendall trend test was performed to examine the temporal trends. Variables with the highest incompleteness included race/color (17.24% in 2016), level of education (51.40% in 2015), TNM (56.88% in 2012), disease status at the end of the first treatment (12.09% in 2013), cancer family history (79.12% in 2013), history of alcoholic consumption (39.25% in 2015), history of tobacco consumption (38.32% in 2015), and type of admission clinic (10.28% in 2015). Nevertheless, most variables achieved 100% completeness and were classified as excellent across the time series. A significant trend was observed for race/color, TNM, and history of tobacco consumption. While most variables maintained excellent completeness, the increasing incompleteness trend in race/color and decreasing trend in TNM underscore the importance of reliable and complete HbCRs for personalized cancer care, for planning public policies, and for conducting research on cancer control

Bivariate analysis · Cancer registry · Family history · Family medicine · Multivariate analysis · Statistics · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection · Demography · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Mathematics · Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine