The Samaritan Regional Tumor Registry gathers information from all five of Samaritan Health Services’ hospitals to help the Oregon State Cancer Registry track the incidence, treatment and outcomes for cancer and non-cancer tumors.The Oregon Legislature established the Oregon State Cancer Registry in 1995, and the Samaritan Regional Tumor Registry began reporting information on all cancers diagnosed in Oregon as of Jan. 1, 1996. The legislature defines the purpose of this entity as “reducing the burden of cancer in Oregon by providing information to design, target, monitor, facilitate and evaluate efforts to determine the causes or sources of cancer among the residents of Oregon.”For information about national cancer data, visit the American Cancer Society’s cancer facts and statistics page.
