Database: The Danish Cancer Register (Denmark)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Collects and processes newly diagnosed cancer cases in Denmark. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Health Data Authority.

Type of information: longitudinal. diagnosis; region; place of residence; tumour histology; tumour staging; sex; year.

Data Dictionary - The Danish Cancer Register Denmark.

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Available type of information: cancer incidence (prevalence, number of tumours per 100,000 citizens, age-standardized value for the number of tumours (per 100,000 citizens), age- and sex-standardized value for the number of tumours (per 100,000 citizens), age, sex, year, diagnosis, place of residence. For annual reports on new cancer cases click here to learn more.

Source of information: 1943 – 2003 on reports from hospitals and practicing specialists. From 2004 onwards, data was collected from the National Patient Register (LPR), the Danish Health Authority's Electronic Reporting System (SEI), and the National Register of Pathology (LRP).

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Date range: 1943 onwards.

Number of Records: unknown.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. See the full list of cancer types:

Cancer areas of interest - The Danish Cancer Register.

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Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

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