Common Data Quality Check procedure for European Cancer Registries
A new report was recently published by the EC Joint Research Centre in collaboration with the ENCR Steering Committee on Common Data Quality Check procedure for European Cancer Registries. The checks included in this report are implemented in the validation of the data submitted by European Cancer… more
The BENCHISTA Project
Population-based overall survival rates for childhood cancer vary across geographical regions within and outside Europe; this variation could be at least partly explained by differences in tumour stage at diagnosis. The International Benchmarking of Childhood Cancer Survival by Stage, also called… more
Publication: Influence of various assumptions for the individual TNM components on the TNM stage using Nordic cancer registry data
The stage at diagnosis is one of the most important predictors for cancer survival. TNM stage is constructed from T (tumor size), N (nodal spread), and M (distant metastasis) components. In many notifications to cancer registries, TNM information is incomplete with unknown N and/or M. We aimed to… more
Publication: Cancer treatment data available in European cancer registries: Where are we and where are we going?
A new publication was published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology by the members of the ENCR working group on cancer treatment and harmonisation. Publication available for download.
ENCR recommendation on Standard Dataset endorsed
The ENCR Steering Committee endorsed the new recommendation on Standard dataset for European Cancer Registries, concluding the work initiated by the Working group. Translation is available in Spanish. More information.
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
Workshop on National Incidence Estimates, Ispra, 25 Oct 2018
JRC-ENCR Workshop - Complementing the incidence indicators in ECIS with national estimates for countries without a national registry.
ENCR Workshop on Data Protection, Copenhagen, 26 Sep 2018
2018 - ENCR Scientific Meeting, Copenhagen, 26-28 Sep
The 2018 ENCR Scientific Meeting and General Assembly is organised jointly by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the ENCR Steering Committee, with the support from the Danish Cancer Registry and the Danish Cancer Society.
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.