Objective: To describe the role of vaccination, screening and cancer registries as powerful sources of data to generate hypotheses and evaluate programs.
In this presentation I will describe the functions, operations and outputs of population based registers supporting vaccination, screening and cancer control programs. I will provide examples of how registers have been utilised to generate hypotheses for further examination and to evaluate programs, including examples relating to HPV vaccination programs and cervical screening programs.
Investing in registries, as part of a comprehensive cancer control program, will provide substantial benefits to support both effective program implementation and to generate useful information to measure program outcomes and effectiveness in the population.