The Special Issue in the Journal ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology, invites contributions on advancements in cancer registries and its application in real-world oncology research.focusing on the advancements and challenges in the use of cancer registry data in real-world oncology research.… more
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is recruiting a Programme Officer – Science for Policy Public health data analyst (Function Group IV) to work in the area of Cancer Information.The position is based in the Directorate for Health and Food, whose mission is to protect… more
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has just published a call for expression of interest to join the Working Group of the European Commission Initiative on Prostate Cancer (EC-PrC).The EC-PrC is being established by the JRC in… more
The CancerWatch Joint Action is conducting a Europe-wide survey on population-based cancer registry practices. The survey has been developed in collaboration with the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) and the Joint Research Centre.The survey will produce an updated, comparable… more
In anticipation of the new ECIS data call, the technical report detailing the data quality checks for validating the ECIS database has been published. The rules have been updated according to the revised ECIS protocol, and include new checks for follow-up and staging variables. The updated data… more
Insights from the European Cancer Information SystemWe invite you to join this #EUHPP Live Webinar co-organised with European Commission Joint Research Centre.
A live webinar is being organised for the launch of the Country Health Profiles and Synthesis Report 2025. This release, part of the State of Health in the EU cycle, represents a collaborative effort between the European Commission, OECD, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
European cancer registries are invited to follow an information webinar designed to guide registries wishing to participate in the ECIS data call for the upcoming annual update. Practical advice is given on data submission requirements, procedures, and technical support.The information webinar took… more
We are pleased to inform you that the Call for Abstracts is now open for the 50th GRELL Scientific Conference, which will take place 13–15 May 2026 in Dijon, France.This special anniversary edition will bring together the cancer registry and research community for a two-day scientific conference,… more
Date & Time: April 28, 2025 - 17:00-18:00, CETSpeakers: Ioanna Drympeta (CERTH), legal informatics expert in IDEA4RC
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In the past months the ENCR recommendations on the coding of the incidence date and the basis of diagnosis were updated. In a webinar the new rules… more
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Although most cancer cases are still pathologically confirmed novel techniques including cytogenetics and molecular diagnostics are increasingly… more
Built on the success of its previous editions, this international course is part of the 3rd Corsican Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology: Statistical methods and recent advances in statistical methods for excess risk analysis. This course will focus on:
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The course is organised as a deliverable of the iPAAC Joint Action on Cancer, Work Package 7,… more
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The course was organised by the Cluj Regional Cancer Registry with the support from the EC Joint Research Centre and the ENCR Steering Committee. It provided basic knowledge on methods for data collection, coding… more
Availability of treatment data and their level of detail vary substantially between Population Based Cancer Registries. The aim of the ENCR workshop was to present and discuss the recommendations for the collection and recording of treatment variables, compiled by the European Working Group on… more
This workshop described a range of options for presenting survival-based metrics from population-based data. It included metrics that are useful for reporting the impact of cancer on patient survival and approaches for making fair comparison across population groups (including international… more
JRC-ENCR Workshop - Complementing the incidence indicators in ECIS with national estimates for countries without a national registry.
Cancer incidence indicators at national level are widely used by European public health policies and epidemiological cancer surveillance for time trend… more
A Workshop on Data Protection was organised on 26th September 2018.
The aim was to explore the impact on the daily activities of EU cancer registries of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to offer guidance to participants on the actions needed to comply with it. The… more
The report of the Workshop is now available at this link!
The workshop took place on 24 November 2014, at JRC, Ispra. The technical proposals made during the workshop have helped the ENCR-SC to prioritize the future… more
Conference bookletScientific contributionsPoster awardsThe ENCR Scientific Meeting is a bi-annual event bringing together cancer registries in Europe. It provides the opportunity for all European cancer registries… more
The ENCR Scientific meeting will turn virtual in 2021 with three half-days on 16-17-18 November.
We will soon publish the topics and dates for abstracts submission and conference registration.
The International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) launched the 2021 Virtual Scientific Conference.
Save these dates: 12-14 October 2021.
More information is available here
Given the current uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, all the ENCR events during 2021 will be organised as virtual events.
Several trainings will be delivered during the first half of the year while the Scientific Conference will be organised during the second half of the year.
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In the face of the evolving pandemic, the 2020 Scientific Conference, IACR (International Association of Cancer Registries) in Noumea, New Caledonia will not go ahead.
More information is available… more