Database: Italian Association of Cancer Registries Compilation (AIRTUM) (Italy)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Systematically collect and archive cancer registries from all regions of Italy.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Italian Association of Cancer Registries.

Type of information: age, sex, place of residence, region, education, employment status, income, level of urbanisation, alcohol consumption, smoking habit, cancer incidence, cancer prevalence, cancer survival, risk of cancer, medical procedures, screening, number of beds, number of medical staff, number of patients, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, number of deaths, causes of death, potential years of life lost, quality of life.

Available type of information: age, sex, place of residence, region, education, employment status, income, level of urbanisation, alcohol consumption, smoking habit, cancer incidence, cancer prevalence, cancer survival, risk of cancer, medical procedures, screening, number of beds, number of medical staff, number of patients, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, number of deaths, causes of death, potential years of life lost, quality of life. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Cancer registries from all regions of Italy. Information is collected from these registries and is validated for their quality and completeness Click here to learn more.

Data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: Over 3,500,000 cancer cases in total.

Date Range: varies.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. For cancer incidence data and mortality data click here to access. To access the reports, click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.