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


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


'''Primary purpose:''' To provide a freely accessible database of comparable cancer statistics for the Nordic countries.
'''Type of information:''' [[availableVariable::cancer incidence|Number of new cancer cases]] (incidence); [[availableVariable::number of deaths|Cancer mortality]]; [[availableVariable::cancer prevalence|Number of individuals living with a cancer]] [[availableVariable::diagnosis]] (prevalence); [[availableVariable::cancer survival]]; [[availableVariable::age]]; [[availableVariable::region|Country]]; [[availableVariable::year]]; [[availableVariable::sex]].
 
'''Type of information:''' [[availableVariable::cancer incidence|Number of new cancer cases]] (incidence); [[availableVariable::number of deaths|Cancer mortality]]; [[availableVariable::cancer prevalence|Number of individuals living with a cancer]] diagnosis (prevalence); [[availableVariable::cancer survival]]; [[availableVariable::age]]; [[availableVariable::region|Country]]; [[availableVariable::year]]; [[availableVariable::sex]].


'''Source of Information:''' The sources vary from each national cancer registry and cause of death registry.
'''Source of Information:''' The sources vary from each national cancer registry and cause of death registry.
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'''Number of Records:''' [[numberRecords::unknown]].
'''Number of Records:''' [[numberRecords::unknown]].


'''Date Range:''' [[dataStart::1943]] [[dataEnd::onwards]].
'''Date range:''' [[dataStart::1943]] [[dataEnd::onwards]].


'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' [[hasCancerAreasList::neoplasms (C00-D48)]].
'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' [[hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms]].


'''Data access:''' [[dataAvailability::publicly available]] [https://nordcan.iarc.fr/en/database].
'''Data access:''' [[dataAvailability::publicly available]] [https://nordcan.iarc.fr/en/database].


'''Contact information:''' Information [https://nordcan.iarc.fr/en/contact].
'''Contact information:''' Information [https://nordcan.iarc.fr/en/contact].

Revision as of 12:26, 25 April 2024

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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: Number of new cancer cases (incidence); Cancer mortality; Number of individuals living with a cancer diagnosis (prevalence); cancer survival; age; Country; year; sex.

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.

Data access: publicly available [1].

Contact information: Information [2].