"Currently flying blind" Stakeholders' perceptions of implementing statewide population-based cancer staging at diagnosis into the Western Australian Cancer Registry: a rapid qualitative process evaluation of the WA Cancer Staging Project

• Main Authors: Stephanie Smith (Author), Richard W. Trevithick (Author), James Smith (Author), Li Pung (Author), Karen Taylor (Author), Ninh Ha (Author), Kevin E. K. Chai (Author), Cristiana Garcia Gewerc (Author), Rachael Moorin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer stage at diagnosis is essential for understanding cancer outcomes, guiding cancer control activities and healthcare services, and enabling benchmarking nationally and internationally. Yet, most cancer registries in Australia do not routinely collect this data. This study e...