Cancer registry statistics for cancer patients treated at Baylor University Medical Center

R. Pickett Scruggs III, MD, Janet Reynolds, CTR, and Carolyn James Garrett, RHIT

The development of accurate and timely statistics is an important adjunct to our knowledge and may often drive educational efforts, prevention strategies, treatment methods, research initiatives and more. Through the cancer registry at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, we can closely examine incidence rates, diagnoses, gender, and age factors. These findings can be compared with historical data to determine any new trends and with national data to ascertain if the findings are more prevalent among our population.