Database: KRN Cancer Registry (Poland)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Krajowy Rejestru Nowotworów.

Primary purpose: Provide information on cancer epidemiology for the purposes of research and policymaking.

Type of information: Data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: cancer incidence; Mortality; cancer prevalence; Predictions; cancer survival; Population; year; Voivodeship; age; Age group; District; ICD10; region; sex; Cancer sites [1].

Source of Information: Information is collected on the basis of malignancy notification cards (form MZ/N-1a). Cancer mortality is based on death registries offered by the Główny Urząd Statystyczny.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: Unknown.

Available date range: 1999 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. 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.