The Auckland Breast Cancer Register was established in the Auckland Region from 1st June 2000 and has received Auckland Ethics Committee approval and has been declared a Quality Assurance Activity under Part VI of the Medical Practitioners Act 1995.

The aims of the Register are to:

1. Document the patients being diagnosed and treated.

2. Describe risk factors and prognostic variables.

3. Annually update individual patient progress to assess recurrence free and overall survival.

4. Allow review of the patterns of care and the multidisciplinary aspects of breast cancer management.

5. Allow review of defined patient groups and their outcome compared with predicted outcomes.

6. Allow appropriate comparative analysis with the 1976-1985 Breast Cancer Database and other similar overseas studies.

7. Compare patient outcomes within and outside trials to assess how representative they are of the overall population and to direct further research.