Database: North-West Regional Cancer Registry (Romania)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Register the cases of cancer in the counties of Cluj, Bihor, Maramureş, Bistrita Năsăud, Sălaj, and Satu Mare to maintain epidemiological surveillance.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Oncological Institute of Cluj (IOCN).

Type of information: longitudinal. year; age; sex; place of residence; hospital location; diagnosis; primary tumor localization; tumor histology; tumor staging; medical procedures; causes of death; number of deaths; cancer incidence. Data Dictionary: Database: North-West Regional Cancer Registry.

Available type of information: cancer incidence; region; diagnosis; year; sex; Annual incidence by 100.000 inhabitants; Sexual rate (M/F) of new cases of cancer; Percentage distribution of new cases of cancer; age group; number of deaths by cancer; Crude rate of mortality by 100.000 inhabitants; Standardized mortality rate by 100.000 inhabitants (related to the world population).

Source of Information: Pathology, hematology and immunology laboratories, outpatients offices, and oncology departments from private and public national cancer centers; Also receives information from death certificates, screening units and other registries.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: Regarding the county of Cluj, information is available from 2000 onwards. There is data about other counties from 2008 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. See the full list here: North-West Regional Cancer Registry. Click here to learn more. Some specific cancer locations are excluded.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Instructions on how to request data for restricted content are available. Click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to learn more.