"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.
Stephanie SmithRichard W TrevithickJames SmithLi PungKaren TaylorNinh Thi HaKevin E K ChaiCristiana Garcia GewercRachael E MoorinPublished in: BMC health services research (2023)
The findings aid further review of data gaps, additional cancer streams, standardising cancer staging and future improvements. The study offers an adapted version of a rapid qualitative data collection and analytic approach for establishing barriers and enablers. The findings may also assist other population-based cancer registries considering collecting cancer stage at diagnosis.