Databases: Cancer Registries of Autonomous Communities Compilation (Spain)

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Primary purpose: Compile information and addresses concerning regional cancer registries in Spain.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Regarding the compilation of information, Red española de registros de cáncer (REDECAN) is the responsible. Each registry has its own responsible authority.

Type of information: Cancer registries from the Spanish provinces containing incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence and other cancer information. All registries included [1].

Source of information: Generally, the regional registries collect information from medical records, but other sources can be present accordingly to each registry [2].

Data level: Access to patient level data varies.

Available Data level: regional level.

Number of Records: Varies.

Date range: varies.

Cancer Areas of Interest: varies.

Data access: partially publicly available [3].

Contact information: Information [4].