The Punjab Cancer Registry is registered under the Societies Act of Pakistan, 1860, and its registration is renewed every year. The Registry is also a member of the International Association of Cancer Registries, Lyon, France.

The Punjab Cancer Registry was set up in February 2005 to determine the population level cancer statistics in the region. Initially, attempts were made to collect information on cancer patients from all over the province of the Punjab. However, effective July 1, 2008, the Registry started collecting data on cancers diagnosed and treated among the residents of the Lahore district. In 2014, the Registry expanded to four other districts of the Punjab including Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Kasur, and Nankana Sahib. In 2016, the Registry included Sialkot and Narowal districts. In 2018, the Registry included Okara, Gujrat, Jhelum, Rawalpindi/Islamabad districts. Subsequently, Multan, Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, and Chiniot were added and the plan is to include other districts in due course of time. At present, the Registry has around 47 members in over 27 participating institutions. The Central Office of the Registry is located within the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan. The Registry is sponsored by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust.

Once reporting is complete, data from the Registry can be used for monitoring the distribution of various types of cancers and, thereby:

1. For an early diagnosis program
2. For organizing cancer control programs
3. For planning patient care programs,
4. For administrative purposes.

To monitor the distribution of cases of cancer among various demographic groups within the population, living in a specified geographic area, in a defined time period.

Both active and passive casefinding methods are being used by the Registry.

The set of Office-Bearers is as follows:

	Chairperson	Treasurer	Secretary
Seventh Term	Alia Ahmad	Asif Loya	Farhana Badar
Sixth Term	Mohammad Tariq Mahmood Sajid Mushtaq (past)	Asif Loya	Farhana Badar
Fifth Term	Omar Chughtai	Asif Loya	Farhana Badar
Fourth Term	Omar Chughtai	Aasim Yusuf	Farhana Badar
Third Term	Misbah Masood	Aasim Yusuf	Farhana Badar
Second Term	Sohail Chughtai	Aasim Yusuf	Farhana Badar
First Term	Zeba Aziz	Aasim Yusuf	Farhana Badar