Following the cancer incidence and mortality estimates for 2020 produced by JRC and IARC and available at the European Cancer Information System (ECIS), the JRC and the ENCR are interested in investigating about the quantitative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cancer cases recorded in 2020… more
The Slovenian cancer registry is conducting a short survey with the aim to better understand the level of detail of data on registered paediatric cancer cases in Europe for potential collaboration in the future. The main purpose is to: identify registries that have or are planning to have… more
The ENCR Steering Committee endorsed the new recommendation on Recording and Reporting of Urothelial Tumours, concluding the work initiated by the Working group. English, Spanish and French versions are available. More information.
The ENCR working group on basis of diagnosis has completed its work and proposes a new set of recommendations that are now in the consultation phase to the registries. more
The JRC is looking for three scientific/technical project officers to work with the Healthcare Quality group assisting the activities in the area of cancer. The successful candidate will support the activities that comprise support for the execution of the guideline development and quality… more
The aim of the training is to provide cancer registries staff with an understanding of good practices and procedures to establish/improve their registries and harmonise their process for collection of cancer data. This will facilitate inter-comparative studies on specific cancer types which in turn… more
Training of registry staff helps to increase the quality and comparability of cancer registry data - one of the aims of the ENCR. In order to maintain a standard course content, a core curriculum has been established, based on a collection of previously-used teaching materials. In addition,… more
JRC and ENCR organised on 3-4 May 2017 a training event 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. The course was… more
A Training Workshop on Quality of Cancer Registry Data took place on 5 October 2016, as a side event to the Scientific Meeting and General Assembly. About 50 participants attended the workshop which covered the process of data quality evaluation, methods for assessing the completeness of data, use… more