“All private and govt hospitals will be required to share cancer case data with SCI for the state registry. Cancer is being diagnosed and treated at many centres across Rajasthan, and the burden is increasing. Reporting all diagnosed cases will help identify trends over time and across districts,” said Dr Sandeep Jasuja, medical superintendent at SCI Jaipur. A cancer registry is a structured system that collects, stores and updates information on people diagnosed with cancer. It records details such as age, sex, place of residence, type of cancer, stage at diagnosis, date of diagnosis, treatment given and follow-up status. Data is collected in a uniform manner from hospitals, laboratories and treatment centres to ensure consistency. Officials said a unified registry would convert scattered data into actionable public health information. It will help measure cancer incidence, track patterns and identify trends, showing which cancers are rising and where. This will aid early detection by guiding screening programmes. The registry will also support treatment planning by estimating needs for surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, palliative care and follow-up services.
