News & Events

New Publication from the BENCHISTA project
The BENCHISTA project, a collaboration between cancer registries and clinicians, has published a new paper, applying the Toronto Childhood Cancer Stage Guidelines to assess geographical variation in tumour stage at diagnosis for six childhood solid tumours.International benchmarking of stage at… more
New ENCR working group on the use of AI in cancer registries - Call for Expression of interest
The ENCR is establishing a working group regarding the use of AI in Cancer Registries (CRs). With a broad scope, the working group will not only including the use/implementation of Machine Learning for research, but touching upon the legal framework around AI, the use of Large Language Models for… more
ENCR Recommendation: Treatment data Recording published
The ENCR Steering Committee endorsed the new recommendation on Treatment Data Recording (phase I), published on 27 January 2025, concluding the work initiated by the Working group.See Recommendation
ENCR Recommendation: Recording Recurrence, Progression and Transformation Episodes published
The ENCR Steering Committee endorsed the new recommendation on Recording Recurrence, Progression and Transformation Episodes, , published on 27 January 2025, concluding the work initiated by the Working group.See Recommendation
IDEA4RC project webinar series 2025
The IDEA4RC project is developing innovative solutions to create a health data ecosystem for rare cancers, leveraging emerging interoperability technologies, federated learning, and AI approaches.IDEA4RC partners wish to engage a wide… more
ENCR-IACR 2023 Scientific Conference, 14-16 Nov, Granada, Spain
The ENCR Scientific conference 2023 was organized in partnership with the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) and the Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), in Granada, Spain.
Webinar on Recording and Reporting of Urothelial Tumours of the urinary tract, 19 April 2023
The "ENCR Recommendations on Recording and reporting of urothelial tumours of the urinary tract” was recently endorsed. In a webinar the new recommendation will be explained and there will be the possibility to ask questions about the recommendation. Date and time: 19 April 2023, 10:00-12:00… 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.