Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR)

<p>The Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) receives and stores information on cancer diagnosis and treatment constraints compiled and sent in by the local cancer registry staff at each of the 132 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers that diagnose and/or treat Veterans with cancer. The information sent is encoded to meet the site-specific requirements for registry inclusion as established by several oversight bodies, including the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer, and the American Joint Commission on Cancer, among others. The information is obtained from a wide variety of medical record documents at the local medical center pertaining to each Veterans Health Administration (VHA) cancer patient. The information is then transmitted to the VACCR. Details collected include extensive demographics, cancer identification, extent of disease and staging, first course of treatment, and outcomes. Data extraction is available to researchers with VA approved Institutional Review Board studies, peer review, and Data Use Agreements.</p>

退伍军人事务中心癌症登记处（VACCR）负责接收并存储由全国132个退伍军人事务医疗中心的地方癌症登记工作人员收集并发送的信息，这些医疗中心负责诊断和治疗患有癌症的退伍军人。发送的信息经过编码，以满足由多个监管机构确立的特定站点登记要求，包括北美中央癌症登记协会、美国外科医生学院癌症委员会和美国癌症联合委员会等。这些信息来源于当地医疗中心的大量医学记录文件，涉及每位退伍军人健康管理局（VHA）癌症患者的健康资料。随后，这些信息被传输至VACCR。收集的详细信息包括广泛的统计学数据、癌症识别、疾病范围和分期、首次治疗方案及治疗效果。数据提取可供获得退伍军人事务机构审查委员会批准的研究人员使用，前提是经过同行评审和签订数据使用协议。