The Joint Cancer Registry of the Federal States of East Germany has completed a Final Report
The Joint Cancer Registry (JCR) was founded in the 1950s and dissolved on 31 December 2022. It was a political decision to end the joint epidemiological registration and continue the cancer registration seperately in the five federal States former belonging to the JCR: Berlin/Brandenburg,… more
New ENCR e-learning modules
Six new ENCR e-learning modules have been implemented in the eCancer platform.Breast cancer… more
New Factsheet: Impact of Population Ageing on the Burden of Cancer up to 2040 IN EU/EFTA Countries
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently published a factsheet titled "Impact of Population Ageing on the Burden of Cancer up to 2040 IN EU/EFTA Countries.This factsheet provides an insightful analysis of the expected impact of population ageing on cancer incidence and… more
New ENCR Working Group on Non Melanoma Skin Cancer - Call for expression of interest
A new ENCR working group is being established to address the challenges in Non Melanoma Skin Cancer. Experts wishing to participate are invited to contact the ENCR Secretariat expressing their… more
Calls for funding under Horizon Europe Programme
Two calls for funding are open under Horizon Europe Programme that might be of interest for Cancer Registries or Cancer Institutes/centers and similar cancer bodies. Those calls will support the Cancer Mission (… more
Webinar on Incidence Date and Basis of Diagnosis, presentation available
Objectives Important information Presentation OBJECTIVES In the past months the ENCR recommendations on the coding of the incidence date and the basis of diagnosis were updated.
IACR virtual annual conference: 8-10 November 2022
The International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) launched the 2022 Virtual Scientific Conference. Save these dates: 8-10 November 2022. More information is available here.  
Webinar on diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the 21st century, presentation available
Objectives Important information Presentation OBJECTIVES Although most cancer cases are still pathologically confirmed novel techniques including cytogenetics and molecular diagnostics are increasingly used.
Summer Course "Statistical methods and recent advances in statistical methods for excess risk analysis", Université de Corse, France, 4-8 Jul 2022
The research unit SESSTIM and its partners of the Challenges in the Estimation of Net SURvival (CENSUR) working survival Group offers an advanced course on statistical methods for excess risk analysis, at Corte, Université de Corse (France) from July 4th to 8th, 2022.
Symposium: The Netherlands Cancer Registry in Europe - recording available
Last November 30th the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation hosted the online symposium of the Netherlands Cancer Registry. The symposium focused on how to improve cancer care and prevention with insights from cancer registries. Cancer registries are the fuel for Europe’s… more
Training on Quality of Cancer Registry Data, Baveno, 5 Oct 2016
A Training Workshop on Quality of Cancer Registry Data took place on 5 October 2016, as a side event to the Scientific Meeting and General Assembly. About 50 participants attended the workshop which covered the process of data quality evaluation, methods for assessing the completeness of data,… more