Some people say that there are never any truly new ideas. So, with this in mind, I've been looking into assessments in years past of Pacific tumor registries; specifically at the work that came out of the Pacific Health Dialog's Journal of Community Health and Clinical Medicine for the Pacific. I most recently finished the article- Cancer Incidence in Four Pacific Countries: Tonga, Fiji Islands, Cook Islands, and Niue. The article helped me begin to understand three things.
1) Socioeconomic standards (in some part influenced by cultural history) dictate the quality and efficiency of information storage and assessment.
2) Prevalence of certain cancers can be influenced by a regions underlying issues (eg. citizens may be more susceptible hosts for infection) which is in turn linked to the quality and diversity of its health services.
3) In many cases, cancer may not be the direct result of a genetic predisposition for abnormality. It may be due to the influence of environmental stimuli.
Finally, I looked at lectures brought into educate the staff on everything from Human Anatomy & Physiology to Game Theory in Life to Statistical Analysis. After one lecture (Human Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System), I can definitely conclude that they will be a valuable informational source.
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