AUSTRALIAN CANCER DATABASE

The Australian Cancer Database (ACD) contains all new cases of cancer in Australia since 1 January 1982, (excluding basal cell carcinoma and sqamous cell carcinoma of the skin). All Australian states and teritories have legislation requiring mandatory reporting of new cases of cancer to jurisdictional cancer registries, who supply the data annually to AIHW. The main purposes of the ACD are: - to be the national cancer database and the source of national cancer statistics published by AIHW; - to identify duplicates and advise the state and territory cancer registries of these; - to work with the state and territory cancer registries to standardise collection of cancer data and classification.

澳大利亚癌症数据库（Australian Cancer Database，ACD）收录了自1982年1月1日起澳大利亚境内全部新增癌症病例（皮肤基底细胞癌与皮肤鳞状细胞癌除外）。澳大利亚所有州与领地均通过立法，要求向辖区癌症登记处强制上报新增癌症病例，各登记处每年将数据提交至澳大利亚卫生与福利研究所（Australian Institute of Health and Welfare，AIHW）。该数据库的主要用途包括：
- 作为国家级癌症数据库，以及澳大利亚卫生与福利研究所（AIHW）发布全国癌症统计数据的官方来源；
- 识别重复病例，并向各州及领地癌症登记处通报此类重复病例；
- 与各州及领地癌症登记处协作，统一癌症数据的采集流程与分类标准。