Database: Belgian Cancer Registry (Belgium): Difference between revisions

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Type of Database: registry.

Primary purpose: Population-based cancer registry collecting and processing data from patients in Belgium, monitoring cancer statistics and making data accessible.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Belgian Cancer Registry.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry. Click here to learn more; Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: Number of new diagnoses; Cancer type; Year; Region; Sex; Age group. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Healthcare facilities that have oncology care programs (including pediatric hemato-oncology) and provide services for pathological anatomy are required by law to collaborate with cancer registration.

Data level: national level and regional level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 2004 onwards on a national level, 1999 onwards for Fandlers region.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Graphs and tables: Click here to access; Publications: Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats PNG, PDF and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access. Data has access costs.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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 '''Sponsor, manager or home institution:''' [[dataOwner::Belgian Cancer Registry]].
-'''Type of information:''' [[hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry]].
+'''Type of information:''' [[hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry]]. [https://kankerregister.org/nl/kankerdiagnoses Click here to learn more]; [https://kankerregister.org/nl/screening Click here to learn more].
 '''Available type of information:''' Number of new diagnoses; Cancer type; Year; Region; Sex; Age group. [https://belgian-cancer-registry.shinyapps.io/data_app/ Click here to learn more].