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Registries
Database: National Registry of Childhood Cancer (RNCCR)
Database: North-West Regional Cancer Registry
Clinical Practices Guidelines
IOCN Guideline
Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Oncology Institute “Prof.Dr. Ion Chiricuță”; The Ministery of Health.
Primary purpose: To offer guidance to healthcare professionals in Romania, ensuring standardized and evidence-based care for pediatric oncology patients, and improving long-term survival through updated and reviewed strategies.
Type of information: Epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, treatments and follow up of various types of cancer in children's and adolescents.
Access to information: Access information [1].
Latest Policymaking Initiatives
Report: IOCN
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Institutul Oncologic Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta; RCC Nord-vest României.
Primary purpose: To provide data on cancer incidence and mortality, and serve as an essential tool for oncologists, public health researchers, healthcare services, and policymakers in their efforts to combat cancer in Romania.
Type of information: Cancer incidence and mortality trends; Cancer prevalence.
Data level: Regional level.
Access to information: Access Information [2].
Report: Ministry of Health
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministerul Sănătății.
Primary purpose: To establish an integrated system of prevention and care for people with cancer, ensuring equal access to personalized, high-quality, and comprehensive services, including early diagnosis, support to combat suffering, and improved survival rates through innovative approaches.
Type of information: Cancer incidence, prevalence, mortality; Risk factors; Distribution of new cancer cases; Estimated percentage changes in cancer; Incidence of cancer in children; Distribution of the number of palliative care beds; Percentage of people who had a breast, cervical and colorectal screenings; No. of hospitalization episodes.
Data level: National and regional level.
Access to information: Access Information [3].
Report: EU Country Cancer Profile 2023
Sponsor, manager or home institution: OECD and European Commission.
Primary purpose: To provide reliable data on cancer prevention and care, identifying trends, disparities, and inequalities among EU Member States and regions to guide interventions under Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.
Type of information: National cancer burden; Cancer incidence and mortality; Risk factors for cancer; Early detection programs (screenings); Cancer care performance, The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [4].
Compilation: ESMO Patient Guides
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology.
Primary purpose: To translate complex medical language into understandable information for patients.
Available guides: Adverse Reactions of Immunotherapy; Survival; CML; Colorectal Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; LAM; Follicular Lymphoma; Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; Breast Cancer.
Type of information: Information on each guide varies for each cancer type. Generally, guides provide definitions, explanations of causes, diagnosis, treatment, treatment options, care after treatment, among others.
Access to information: List of guides [5].
Quality of Life and Palliative Care Research
List of Articles: Quality of Life [6] and Palliative Care [7].
