Moore Malcolm A, Sangrajrang Suleeporn, Bray Freddie
APJCP Editorial Office, Bangkok, Thailand E-mail :
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(5):1891-4. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.5.1891.
On February 6-7th, the Thai National Cancer Institute, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and its Mumbai Hub for Cancer Registration, together with the International Association of Cancer Registries and the APOCP/APJCP, jointly organized an Asian cancer registry forum to discuss regional cooperation for cancer registration. Held in the Grande Mercure Fortune Hotel, Bangkok, the meeting brought together leading scientists in cancer registration from South-East and North-East Asia as well as Australia, India and Iran and IARC itself, with coverage of various priorities and challenges of cancer registries regarding cancer control policy, operational parameters, assessment of survival and contributions to screening, for example. The current situation was highlighted and future directions and possible expansion of activities were discussed, with especial attention to the necessity for networks to help improve cancer registration across Asia and Africa.
2月6日至7日，泰国国家癌症研究所、国际癌症研究机构及其孟买癌症登记中心，与国际癌症登记协会以及亚太癌症预防与控制协会/亚太癌症预防杂志联合组织了一场亚洲癌症登记论坛，以讨论癌症登记的区域合作。会议在曼谷财富美居酒店举行，来自东南亚、东北亚以及澳大利亚、印度和伊朗的癌症登记领域顶尖科学家以及国际癌症研究机构齐聚一堂，会议涵盖了癌症登记在癌症控制政策、操作参数、生存评估以及对筛查的贡献等方面的各种优先事项和挑战。会议突出了当前形势，并讨论了未来方向和可能的活动扩展情况，特别关注建立网络以帮助改善亚非地区癌症登记工作的必要性。
