Database: National Register of Cancer (RNC) (Luxembourg)
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Type of database: registry.
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. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: The National Minister of Health and the Center of Expertise in Public Health (Department of Population Health of the Luxembourg Institute of Health).
Type of information: longitudinal. age; sex; region; year; causes of death; diagnosis; tumor histology; risk of cancer comorbidities; tumor staging; check-up examinations; cancer incidence; medical procedures; hospital discharges; number of hospital facilities; screening; type of patient discharge; hospital location; type of medical activity.
Data Dictionary RNC - Luxembourg.
Available type of information: Crude cancer incidence tax by 100,000 inhabitants per year; Standardized rate for the European population by 100,000 inhabitants; Year; Cumulative risk of cancer before 65 years; Cumulative risk of cancer before 75 years; Distribution of new cases of cancer; age group; % Relative frequency of new cases of the 10 main tumor locations; sex.
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: national level.
Number of records: unknown.
Date range: 2013 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available in reports > epidemiological factsheets click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Data has access costs. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access, in "Annex 2" of the document "Procedures for disclosure of results".
Contact information: Click here to access.
