Necesidad de una plataforma de datos abiertos de cáncer en el Perú

Abstract

Decree 1412 that resulted in the creation of a National Open Data Platform, with the aim of facilitating free access to relevant information and its processing, storage, communication and interpretation (2). There are several information categories in the aforementioned platform. The health category should include a section containing, in a specific and unified manner, information related to cancer, in order to provide an overview of the population with cancer and the public health situation in Peru, thus facilitating the access to evidence for health decision-making. Along these lines, we searched the web pages of public health and autonomous entities (such as health professional associations), using the National Comprehensive Cancer Care Plan 2020-2024 (3) as reference. The information was categorized into five dimensions: epidemiology, information on pharmaceutical products, coverage, specialized service and specialized care. We present a list of 21 cancer-related sources (Table 1), which were examined in order to verify the availability or non-availability of the data. It should be noted that, although efforts have been made to record data on cancer, this information has been published by different sources. We found that 48% (n=10) of the sources were specific for cancer, 24% (n=5) had outdated information and 14% (n=3) were not specific for cancer. In addition , three sources didn't have information available (two were not linked to the information and one did not publish cancer-related information).