Prevalence estimates 2020 published
A new study published today in the Lancet Oncology presents the cancer prevalence estimates for 2020, by country, in Europe. This new set of data, hosted in the… more
Vacancy Head of Research and Analysis at the National Cancer Registry of Ireland
Vacancy position as Head of Research and Analysis / Senior Lecturer, UCC This is a permanent and senior role within the National Cancer Registry of Ireland (NCRI). Deadline for applications: 19th February 2024. For more information, please consult the… more
New ENCR Steering Committee
The ENCR has a newly appointed Steering Committee for the period 2024-2026. The handover took place on the occasion of the 78th ENCR SC meeting, on 1 February 2024.
First nationwide publication from Belgium CR focusing on primary brain and other CNS tumours
The Belgian Cancer Registry announces its new publication, freely downloadable:  “Primary brain and other central nervous system (CNS) tumours in adults in Belgium 2004-2020”.… more
IACR Report on European Cancer Registries 2022-2023
The report about European Cancer Registries was compiled by Dr. Vesna Zadnik, Slovenian Cancer Registry - as European representative in the IACR board after surveying the individual European cancer registries, as well as national and regional networks in Europe about their activities over the past… 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
ENCR-JRC Training on Cancer Registry Data Coding – Ispra, 5-6 June 2019
JRC and ENCR organised on 5-6 June 2019 a training on Cancer Registry Data Coding at the JRC, Ispra, Italy. The agenda is available … more
Corsican Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 8-12 July 2019
The course Statistical methods and recent advances in statistical methods for excess risk analysis will be held at Corte, Université de Corse (France) from 8-12 July 2019. This course is devoted to biostatisticians, statisticians, epidemiologists, researchers and students working in a registry of… more
Training on Statistical Methods for Analysis of Cancer Registry Data, Ispra, 5-6 Jun 2018
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), the ENCR and EUROCARE organised a training on basic statistical analysis of cancer registry data from 5-6 June 2018 at the JRC Ispra, Italy. The aim of this course was to support the analysis of cancer registry data by describing the… more
Training on Data Coding, Copenhagen, 25 Sep 2018
The training on data coding, was organised jointly by the ENCR Steering Committee and the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The aim was to improve comparability and harmonisation, particularly on coding topography/morphology and stage.… more
Training on Cancer Registry Data-collection and Comparability
JRC and ENCR organised on 3-4 May 2017 a training 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. Basic principle… more
EPAAC WP9 Satellite Meeting
22-23 January 2014, Ispra (Italy) JRC hosted the EPAAC WP9 Satellite Meeting "State of Art of Methods for the Analysis of Population-Based Cancer Data". Statistical methods for descriptive analysis of population-based cancer data have considerably progressed, also due to the increasing… more
2018 - ENCR Scientific Meeting, Copenhagen, 26-28 Sep
Conference booklet Oral presentations Poster presentations… more
2016 - Joining forces for better cancer registration in Europe
The JRC and the ENCR organised the 2016 ENCR Scientific Meeting and General Assembly, from 5-7 October in Baveno, Italy. The purpose of this bienial meeting was for European cancer registries to share research findings, discuss cancer registration issues, exchange ideas and best practices,… more
Population-based Time-to-event Analyses International Conference 2016
31 August- 2 September 2016, London, UK This conference is co-organised by the Cancer Survival Group and the Centre for Statistical Methodology and will focus on three themes of time-to event analyses, all of which concentrate on population based data and translational epidemiology: Recent… more
NCRI Cancer Conference
1-4 November 2015, Liverpool (UK) The NCRI Cancer Conference will highlight the latest basic, translational and clinical cancer research. More information on the conference website.