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Type of Database: registry
Primary purpose: To monitor cancer survival, measure cancer prevalence, and study patterns of care for cancer patients across Europe. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT Milan) and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rome). Patient-level data is owned by each individual cancer registry. Click here to learn more.
Type of information: longitudinal. Cancer Site, year, Population, age Class, ICSS - International cancer survival Standards, Time from Diagnosis, sex, and Output Indicators including: Alive at Start, Observed Survival, Cumulative (OSC), Relative Survival, Cumulative (RSC), Relative SE's, Cumulative (RSEC), Dead, Expected Survival, Interval (ESI), Observed SE's, Interval (OSEI), RSC: Lower bound (95% CI), Lost to Follow Up, Expected Survival, Cumulative (ESC), Observed SE's, Cumulative (OSEC), RSC: Upper bound (95% CI), Observed Survival, Interval (OSI), Relative Survival, Interval (RSI), Relative SE's, Interval (RSEI). Click here to learn more.
Source of Information: 99 cancer registries from 29 countries participating in the study provided their patient-level data as of the 5th Edition of EUROCARE. Click here to learn more.
Data level: national level.
Number of Records: 9,000,000. Click here to learn more.
Date range: 2000 to 2007.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.
Data access: publicly available. Click here to access. Databases from previous editions of the EUROCARE study are also available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLS and TXT.
Contact information: Click here to access.
Mouth
Throat
Oropharynx
Nasopharynx
Hypopharynx
Larynx
Salivary glands
Lips
Tonsils
base of tongue
Voice box
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Colon
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile ducts
Pancreas
Lung
Trachea
Bronchi
Pleura
Mediastinum
Bone
Cartilage
Osteosarcoma
Ewings sarcoma
Skin
Melanoma
Scalp
Lips
Hands
Feet
Muscle
Fat
Tendon
Ligament
Blood vessels
Connective tissue
Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lobular
Breast
Nipple
Areola
Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
Prostate
Testicles
Penis
Kidney
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
Eye
Brain
Spinal cord
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Adrenal glands
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Thymus gland
Peritoneum
Pericardium
Retroperitoneum
Mesothelium
Blood
Bone marrow
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Leukemia
databaseType::registry
dataOwner::the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT Milan)
dataOwner::Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rome)
databaseStructure::longitudinal
availableVariable::diagnosis|Cancer Site
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::region|Population
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::cancer survival
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::number of deaths|Dead
dataLevel::national level
numberRecords::9,000,000
dataStart::2000
dataEnd::2007
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
dataAvailability::publicly available
hasDownloadableData::XLS
hasDownloadableData::TXT
isDatabase
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
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
