Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR)
| Academic Lead: |
Dr Liane Ioannou Senior Research Fellow |
| Clinical Leads: |
Professor Wendy Brown, Oesophagogastric Cancer Module Dr Dan Croagh, Pancreatic Cancer Module Professor Charles Pilgrim, Biliary Cancer Module Professor Stuart Roberts, Primary Liver Cancer Module |
| Registry contact: |
Email: ugicr@monash.edu Phone: 1800 432 231 |
| Purpose / aims: |
The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR) is a clinical quality registry that aims to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, and biliary system.
The registry supports benchmarking and quality improvement across participating health services and is also a valuable research resource, underpinning registry-based clinical trials, retrospective observational studies, and health services research to improve cancer care and patient outcomes. |
| Population captured: | All people newly diagnosed with oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic, primary liver (hepatocellular carcinoma) and biliary system cancer, who have been diagnosed or received assessment, treatment of care at a participating hospital or health service. |
| Outcomes collected: | UGICR collects demographic, contact, diagnostic, treatment, pathology, imaging and outcome data from medical records. |
| Funding sources: | The UGICR received funding from the Australian Government. It is also supported by a range of pharmaceutical partners. Detailed funding information is available on request. |
| Year established: | 2016 |
| Website: | ugicr.org.au |
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