Database: National Cancer Registry (RON) (Portugal)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Inform about cancer statistics regarding all regions of Portugal.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Direção Geral da Saúde (DGS).

Type of information: longitudinal. year, sex, place of residence, region, types of visits, number of visits, periodicity of physician consultation, diagnosis, primary tumor localization, tumor staging, risk of cancer, tumor histology, medical procedures, causes of death. Data Dictionary: National Cancer Registry (RON) (Portugal). Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: year, sex, age, number of deaths, cancer incidence, place of residence, region. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Data from public and private health institutions in Portugal.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 2001 - 2019.

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

Data access: partially publicly available. Reports with regional data can be accessed through the RON publications section on the National Cancer Registry website, click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.