Database: Belgian Cancer Registry (Belgium)

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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: Data Dictionary: Belgian Cancer Registry.

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: national level and regional level.

Number of Records: All new diagnoses in Belgium of malignant neoplasms, in situ neoplasms/high grade dysplasia, borderline tumours of the central nervous system, ovary and urinary system and benign tumours of the central nervous system.

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.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.