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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: longitudinal. age, sex, region, place of residence, hospital location, type of medical activity, year, diagnosis, tumour staging, tumour histology, primary tumour location, medical procedures, cancer survival, cancer incidence, screening
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Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry.
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Available type of information: cancer incidence, cancer prevalence, cancer survival, number of deaths, and screening by age, sex, region, diagnosis, and tumour staging. Graphs and tables: click here to learn more; Reports: 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: patient level.
Available 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. See the full list of cancer types here:
Cancer Areas of Interest: Belgian Cancer Registry.
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.
databaseType::registry
dataOwner::Belgian Cancer Registry
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::region
hasVariable::place of residence
hasVariable::hospital location
hasVariable::type of medical activity
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::diagnosis
hasVariable::tumour staging
hasVariable::tumour histology
hasVariable::primary tumour location
hasVariable::medical procedures
hasVariable::cancer survival
hasVariable::cancer incidence
hasVariable::screening
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry
availableVariable::cancer incidence
availableVariable::cancer prevalence
availableVariable::cancer survival
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::screening
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::region
availableVariable::diagnosis
availableVariable::tumour staging
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::national level
availableDataLevel::regional level
numberRecords::unknown
dataStart::2004
dataEnd::onwards
dataStart::1999
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::PNG
hasDownloadableData::PDF
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://kankerregister.org/nl/dataaanvraag click here to access
hasDataAccessCosts::Data has access costs
isDatabase
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers
hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers
hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers
hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers
hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma
hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer
hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer
hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers
hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer
hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers
hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer
hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers
hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas
hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system
hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start
hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread
hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour
hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature
hasCancerType::unknown
