Staines A
Leukaemia Research Fund Unit for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Ir Med J. 1992;85(4 Suppl):9-11.
The Yorkshire Regional Children's Tumour Registry (YRCTR) has been operating since the early 1980's in Leeds. It has collected registrations of childhood cancer from (approximately) the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority (RHA) area for the years 1974 onwards. All malignant neoplasms, all intracranial tumours, and a number of other disorders diagnosed in persons aged 14 or under, resident in the RHA area are included. For several reasons large general cancer registries are unable to cover childhood malignancies as well as they do adult malignancies. Many of these problems can be addressed by establishing a specialist register. This also has certain advantages for researchers, and can serve as a useful basis for diverse types of research work.
约克郡地区儿童肿瘤登记处（YRCTR）自20世纪80年代初起在利兹开展工作。自1974年起，它收集了（大约）来自约克郡地区卫生局（RHA）辖区内儿童癌症的登记信息。RHA辖区内14岁及以下居民被诊断出的所有恶性肿瘤、所有颅内肿瘤以及一些其他疾病都被纳入其中。由于多种原因，大型综合癌症登记处无法像对待成人恶性肿瘤那样很好地涵盖儿童恶性肿瘤。通过建立一个专门的登记处可以解决其中许多问题。这对研究人员也有一定优势，并且可以作为各类研究工作的有用基础。
