Luxembourg
Cancer Centers
Healthcare System
Administrative or Claims Data
Registries
Database: National Register of Cancer (RNC)
Sponsor, manager or home institution: the Center of Expertise in Public Health (Department of Population Health of the Luxembourg Institute of Health).
Primary purpose: Collects information from all the new cases of cancer that have been diagnosed and/or treated in the Luxembourg territory (includes information about residents and non-residents of the country). With this data, it is possible to monitor and enhance the quality of care and epidemiological surveillance.
Type of information: Type of information RNC - Luxembourg
Available type of information:
Source of Information: Main sources - Hospital Cancer Registries, and the National Health Laboratory; Auxiliary sources - National cancer screening programs (breast cancer, colorectal, other national cancer screening programs), Social Security Medical Control, the National Health Fund, the Common Health Insurance Scheme of the European Communities (JSIS), the Directorate of Health: Death certificates, Civil Registry, Private medical analysis laboratories.
Data level: Patient-level.
Available data level:
Number of Records:
Date Range: 2013 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest:
Open data access:
Information/Contact for data request: Contact information
