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
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.
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.
A new publication was published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology by the members of the ENCR working group on recording and reporting urothelial tumours of the urinary tract. Publication available for… more
The ENCR working group on standard dataset has completed its work and proposes a new set of recommendations that are now in the consultation phase to the registries.… more
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 here.
The Group for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration in Latin Language Countries - GRELL, established in 1976, promotes epidemiological cancer research, mainly through the registration of cases in geographically defined populations. GRELL is organising the 2019 edition of its Ascension annual meeting… more
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
JRC-ENCR Workshop - Complementing the incidence indicators in ECIS with national estimates for countries without a national registry.