Population-based cancer registry: a proposal for presenting Brazilian pediatrics data
Registro de câncer de base populacional: uma proposta para a apresentação dos dados pediátricos brasileiros

Regina Moreira Ferreira¹, Pedro Luiz Fernandes², Lucília Reis Pinheiro³

Abstract

Pediatric tumors are an unsual disease. However, they are an important health problem, because they have been the most common cause of death due to disease, among children, in developed countries. In addition, they present greater clinical and epidemiological differences than those of adults. Presenting these data according to the adults’model is inadequate as well as inaccurate. This work proposes that Brazilian population-based cancer registries classify pediatric tumors by histologic types, present them by a percentage of the total of the absolute numbers, and distribute them in one-year intervals until the 15 year old age group. It is also proposed to include all nervous system tumors, both malignant and benign.

Key words: population-based cancer registry; data presentation; childhood cancer