Database: NORDCAN (European Union)

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Type of Database: registry

Primary purpose: To provide a freely accessible database of comparable cancer statistics for the Nordic countries.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries (ANCR).

Type of information: longitudinal. Number of new cancer cases (incidence); Cancer mortality; Number of individuals living with a cancer diagnosis (prevalence); cancer survival; age; Country; year; sex. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: The sources vary from each national cancer registry and cause of death registry.

Data level: national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1943 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: publicly available. Click here to access. You can visualize the data using factsheets, click here to access or interactive visualization tools click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLS; CSV and PDF.

Contact information: Click here to access.

Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::registry dataOwner::The Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries (ANCR) databaseStructure::longitudinal availableVariable::cancer incidence|Number of new cancer cases availableVariable::number of deaths|Cancer mortality availableVariable::cancer prevalence|Number of individuals living with a cancer availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::cancer survival availableVariable::age availableVariable::region|Country availableVariable::year availableVariable::sex dataLevel::national level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1943 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLS hasDownloadableData::CSV hasDownloadableData::PDF isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown