Completeness of invasive cervical cancer at the Cancer Registry of Norway

Figures & data

Table I.  Completeness of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) registrations at the Cancer Registry of Norway (CRN) and the completeness of paraffin blocks held in three pathological laboratories for the years 1985 and 1999.

1985
Department	Number of ICC cases (reports) in laboratory source	Number of ICC cases (reports) in registry source (CRN)	Estimated completeness of ICC cases at CRN
1	31 (78)	31 (54)	100%
2	142 (206)	140 (187)	98.6%
3*	–	–	–
Total	173 (284)	171 (241)	98.8%
	Number of selected blocks in laboratory sources	Number of blocks found in archives	Estimated completeness of selected blocks in laboratory source
1	15	15	100%
2	11	11	100%
3	12	12	100%
Total	38	38	100%
1999
Department	Number of ICC cases (reports) in laboratory source	Number of ICC cases (reports) in registry source (CRN)	Estimated completeness of ICC cases at CRN
1	35 (39)	35 (38)	100%
2	86 (190)	86 (185)	100%
3**	19 (24)	19 (22)	100%
Total	140 (253)	140 (245)	100%
	Number of selected blocks in laboratory sources	Number of blocks found in archives	Estimated completeness of selected blocks in laboratory source
1	22	21	95.5%
2	14	14	100%
3	12	12	100%
Total	48	47	97.9%

*Not available in Department 3.

**Year 2002 for Department 3.