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Introduction
Introduction
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ROLE OF THE NATIONAL CANCER POLICY BOARD The board was established in March 1997 at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council to address issues that arise in the prevention, control, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation of cancer.
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. An ideal data system would include recently diagnosed individuals with cancer in care settings representative of contemporary practice across the country, using information sources with sufficient detail to allow appropriate comparisons.
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A committee has recently been formed at IOM to design a national quality report to provide information on the quality of care provided by the U.S. healthcare industry (see "National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery" under "Ongoing Studies," Board on Health Care Services, at www.iom.
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