More than thirty years journey of National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) has not only led to its enrichment and expansion into different parts of the country but also culminated in the establishment of a permanent institute of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) namely National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research which has a very high potential of leading the public health informatics as well as research particularly on cancer and other non communicable diseases in a developing country like India. population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) have always remained the corner stone of NCRP particularly from the public health point of view. Perhaps PBCR is the only source which provides authentic data on incidence and mortality of cancer in various parts of the nation for a defined period.

The main broad and overall objective of the centre is to sustain and develop a national research data-base on cancer, diabetes, CVD and stroke through recent advances in electronic information technology with a national collaborative network, so as to undertake aetiological, epidemiological, clinical and control research in these areas.

Primary focus: A nationwide data-base has already been established for cancer through the National Cancer Registry Programme and the Cancer Atlas Project. Therefore, the primary focus of research of the centre would be to undertake:
a)epidemiological cancer research with laboratory component where relevant and important;
b)patterns of care and survival studies on selected sites of cancer;
c)cancer control research.
Secondary Focus: Facilitate and coordinate research activities by collaborating centres towards epidemiological and clinical studies in diabetes, CVD and stroke.

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