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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: Promote the early diagnosis of cancer in order to start treatment early and thus decrease the national cancer mortality rate.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Direção Geral da Saúde (DGS).
Type of information: longitudinal. screening and number of patients by medical procedures, region, year, number of deaths, causes of death, diagnosis. Click here to learn more.
Source of information: Forms filled out by the regional Health Administrations and the Autonomous Regions of Portugal.
Data level: national level and regional level.
Number of records: unknown.
Date range: The project occurs since 1990. Regional and national levels data is available from 2014 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C50: Breast cancer and C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer. Click here to learn more.
Data access: publicly available. Tables and maps: Click here to access; Monitoring reports (2017 onwards): click here to access; Monitoring reports (2015): click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats JSON, XLSX and CSV.
Contact information: Click here to access.
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Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
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Liver
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Bile ducts
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Breast
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Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
databaseType::registry
dataOwner::Direção Geral da Saúde (DGS)
databaseStructure::longitudinal
availableVariable::screening
availableVariable::number of patients
availableVariable::medical procedures
availableVariable::region
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::causes of death
availableVariable::diagnosis
availableDataLevel::national level
availableDataLevel::regional level
numberRecords::unknown
dataStart::1990
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers
hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer
hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer
dataAvailability::publicly available
hasDownloadableData::JSON
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDownloadableData::CSV
isDatabase
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat 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::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
