Database: Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR) (The Netherlands)
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Primary purpose: Record and monitor cancer statistics across the Netherlands to improve quality of care and ability to treat disease.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Netherlands (IKNL).
Type of information: Data dictionary - Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR) [2].
Available type of information: NKR Figures includes cancer incidence; diagnosis; sex; age; region; year; cancer prevalence; cancer mortality; cancer survival; relative survival; and tumor staging.
Also, there is a Cancer Atlas that informs of the incidence of cancer in each region of the Netherlands in the period of 2011–2020 and compares it to the Dutch average. This information can be selected by type of cancer, region, and gender.
Source of information: Hospitals' reports [3].
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level.
Number of Records: Contains information about all new cases of malignant neoplasms and some benign neoplasms (tumors of the central nervous system, borderline tumors of the ovary, and AL amyloidosis) in the Netherlands.
Date range: varies according to the diagnosis and the type of information [4].
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms [5].
Data access: partially publicly available NKR Figures: [6]. Cancer atlas: [7]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [8].
Contact information: Information [9].
