Watanabe S
Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Research Institute, Tokyo.
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 1990 Mar;20(1):7-15.
Sophisticated integration of medical information about cancer and other chronic diseases has become increasingly important in diagnosis, treatment, care of patients and clinical research. Cancer control strategy could not be planned without such precise information. Information on cancer prevention is divided into primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The current situation in Japan at each level is reviewed, and effective systems proposed. We need an integrated system for collecting and analyzing information, and for distributing it efficiently to the public, health professionals and health planners, and this can be achieved by building a cancer information center within the National Cancer Center. Some examples of information networks in the U.S.A. set up to achieve the purposes set out above are given, and recent attempts to build a similar network in Japan are introduced. International collaborative work should advance more effectively through such information systems.
癌症及其他慢性病医学信息的精密整合在患者诊断、治疗、护理及临床研究中愈发重要。没有此类精确信息，就无法制定癌症控制策略。癌症预防信息分为一级、二级和三级水平。本文回顾了日本各级的现状，并提出了有效的系统。我们需要一个用于收集、分析信息并将其高效分发给公众、卫生专业人员和卫生规划者的综合系统，这可以通过在国立癌症中心内建立癌症信息中心来实现。文中给出了美国为实现上述目的而建立的一些信息网络示例，并介绍了日本近期构建类似网络的尝试。通过此类信息系统，国际合作工作应能更有效地推进。
