Database: German Childhood Cancer Registry (DKKR) (Germany)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Collect epidemiological cancer data for children under 18 diagnosed with cancer.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Epidemiologie und Informatik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz.

Type of information: longitudinal. cancer incidence, cancer survival, and mortality of children with cancer by year, age, sex and cancer type. A data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: cancer incidence, cancer survival, and mortality of children with cancer by year, age, sex and cancer type. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Information about GPOH study patients is sent to the DKKR. Click here to learn more.

Data level: national level.

Number of records: Covers more than 95% of the population.

Date range: 1980 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers; C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer; C50: Breast cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer; C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Click here to learn more about the restricted data 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.

Contact information: Click here to access.