The BENCHISTA Project
Population-based overall survival rates for childhood cancer vary across geographical regions within and outside Europe; this variation could be at least partly explained by differences in tumour stage at diagnosis.The International Benchmarking of Childhood Cancer Survival by Stage, also called… more
Publication: Influence of various assumptions for the individual TNM components on the TNM stage using Nordic cancer registry data
The stage at diagnosis is one of the most important predictors for cancer survival. TNM stage is constructed from T (tumor size), N (nodal spread), and M (distant metastasis) components. In many notifications to cancer registries, TNM information is incomplete with unknown N and/or M. We aimed to… more
Publication: Cancer treatment data available in European cancer registries: Where are we and where are we going?
A new publication was published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology by the members of the ENCR working group on cancer treatment and harmonisation. Publication available for download.
ENCR recommendation on Standard Dataset endorsed
The ENCR Steering Committee endorsed the new recommendation on Standard dataset for European Cancer Registries, concluding the work initiated by the Working group. Translation is available in Spanish. More information.
Publication: ENCR Recommendations on recording and reporting urothelial tumors
A new publication was published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology by the members of the ENCR working group on recording and reporting urothelial tumours of the urinary tract. Publication available for… more