NORDCAN--a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research
| Autor: | Jóanis E Køtlum, Hans H. Storm, Niels Lyhne Christensen, Freddie Bray, Eero Pukkala, Åsa Klint, Gerda Engholm, Elinborg J Olafsdottir, Jacques Ferlay, Marianne Lundkjær Gjerstorff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Program evaluation
Adult Male Quality Control Biomedical Research Lung Neoplasms media_common.quotation_subject Denmark Control (management) MEDLINE Iceland Breast Neoplasms Cancer Care Facilities Global Health Age Distribution Testicular Neoplasms Environmental health Neoplasms Global health Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Quality (business) Registries Mortality Program Development Finland media_common Aged Quality of Health Care Sweden business.industry Information Dissemination Norway Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Comparability Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms Hematology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Rate Health Planning Oncology Female business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden). 49(5) |
| ISSN: | 1651-226X |
| Popis: | The NORDCAN database and program (www.ancr.nu) include detailed information and results on cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence in each of the Nordic countries over fi ve decades and has lately been supplemented with predictions of cancer incidence and mortality; future extensions include the incorporation of cancer survival estimates. Material and methods . The data originates from the national cancer registries and causes of death registries in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Faroe Islands and is regularly updated. Presently 41 cancer entities are included in the common dataset, and conversions of the original national data according to international rules ensure comparability. Results. With 25 million inhabitants in the Nordic countries, 130 000 incident cancers are reported yearly, alongside nearly 60 000 cancer deaths, with almost a million persons living with a cancer diagnosis. This web-based application is available in English and in each of the fi ve Nordic national languages. It includes comprehensive and easy-to-use descriptive epidemiology tools that provide tabulations and graphs, with further user-specifi ed options available. Discussion. The NORDCAN database aims to provide comparable and timely data to serve the varying needs of policy makers, cancer societies, the public, and journalists, as well as the clinical and research community. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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