The Organisation The National Cancer Registry is an essential part of Ireland’s efforts to successfully control cancer, reducing its impact on individuals, families and society. The National Cancer Registry (“NCRI”) was established by the Minister for Health in 1991 by Statutory Instrument and is… more
The 2022 cancer incidence and mortality estimates for EU-27 and European countries have been published in the European Cancer Information System (ECIS) at… more
The ENCR working group on treatment data harmonisation has completed its work and proposes a new set of recommendations that are now in the consultation phase to the registries.… more
Breast Cancer Now has funded a survey to study how COVID-19 has affected breast cancer services for anyone who has received a breast cancer diagnosis (not just women) and facilitate the patient voice in relation to the impact of COVID-19. Access the… more
VACANCY NOTICE – 2023-IPR-F1-FGIV-023096 FG IV - Scientific Project Officer - Epidemiologist with oncological background The Disease Prevention Unit is looking for an epidemiologist with oncological background, to provide scientific and technical support to the European Cancer Information System (… more
Training of registry staff helps to increase the quality and comparability of cancer registry data - one of the aims of the ENCR. In order to maintain a standard course content, a core curriculum has been established, based on a collection of previously-used teaching materials. In addition,… more
JRC and ENCR organised on 3-4 May 2017 a training event on Cancer Data Collection and Comparability with one day devoted to issues related to data collection, and the second day to quality aspects of data analysis. A specific session on childhood cancer registration was included. The course was… more
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, use… more