Population based cancer register. Functionality, challenges, and existing problems.

Abstract

Introduction of possibilities ways of using modern information technologies in the organizational and therapeutic activities of medical organizations of the health care system of the Russian Federation(Russia) is one of the most important tools in implementation of the state policy of providing quality medical care to the population. Information systems (IS) allow to monitor and record data on patients with malignant neoplasms, to reflect diagnosis data, treatment, to present various thematic analytical reports, which increases the data analysis efficiency, diagnostic methods effectiveness, which, in turn, provides possibilities for high‑quality treatment of patients with malignant neoplasms and timely monitoring of their condition.