根据《肿瘤登记管理办法》要求：各级卫生计生行政部门、中医药管理部门应当加强肿瘤登记工作的组织和监督管理；各级各类医疗卫生机构要认真组织落实，做好肿瘤登记工作。2019年2月，国家卫生健康委员会要求，推进实现肿瘤登记工作在全国所有县区全覆盖，建成覆盖全国的癌症病例登记系统。

肿瘤登记处是连续性搜集、贮存、整理、统计分析、评价、阐述及报告肿瘤发病、死亡和生存信息资料的部门。肿瘤登记处所在区县，应建立完善的死因监测系统，同时能够获取准确的人口学资料。肿瘤登记处应覆盖全部市区或全县户籍人口。当地政府或卫生行政部门应制定和颁布实行肿瘤登记报告制度的法律法规或规范性文件，并配备相应的工作人员、经费及设备，同时制订肿瘤登记报告实施细则。

Chapter 2　Method and index

Cancer registration is a systematic and regular statistical system designed for collecting information on cancer patients.Cancer registration aims at understanding cancer incidence，mortality and survival in urban and rural areas，which helps to understand the current status and trends of cancer burden in different regions and populations.Cancer registration may provide accurate，up-to-date population-based cancer data which are vital for decision making on cancer prevention and control.The data may also provide basic information for cancer research and cancer surveillance.

1　Establishing a cancer registry

According to the Chinese Cancer Registration Management Regulation published by the former National Health and Family Planning Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Medicine of China，all medical institutions in different levels of China should conduct cancer registration.In February，2019，National Health Commission of China requires cancer registration to be fully covered in all counties of China，and China will build a nation-wide cancer registration reporting system.

A cancer registry is the bureau to collect，store，manage，and analyze cancer data.A cancer registry should be established based on the death surveillance system and accurate population statistics.The local governments or health bureaus should make regulations on cancer registration.They should also provide trained personnel，funding，equipment and cancer report regulations to support the establishment of cancer registries.