<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" LANG="EN" CONTENT="About ENCR; ENCR aims; ENCR; Steering Committee; ENCR Terms of reference; "> <TITLE>About ENCR - European Network of Cancer Registries</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .style1 { height: 192px; } </style> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="650" CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN="CENTER"> <TD VALIGN="top" align="left"> <img SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="50%" HEIGHT="1" border="0" ALT=""> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <!-- <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="650" CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1> <TR VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TD WIDTH="620" HEIGHT="40" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" BORDER="0"> <FONT face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#FF0000" size="4" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Ljubljana - ENCR General Meeting<BR> Call for Abstracts deadline: May 31, 2007</B><BR></FONT> <FONT face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#000000" size="4" ALIGN="CENTER">Click <A HREF="ENCR_news.htm" class='m' TARGET="ENCRRIGHT">here</A> to access to the news page</FONT> <img SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="5" border="0" ALT=""> </TD> </TABLE> --> <!-- UNE FOIS QUE LA DATE DE "ENCR ELECTIONS" EST PASSEE, ENLEVER LES BALISES TEXTES POUR REVENIR A L'ANCIENNE INTERFACE <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="650" CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1> <TD WIDTH="620" HEIGHT="40" BGCOLOR="#FFFFEE" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" BORDER="1"> <FONT face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#00006B" size="5" ALIGN="CENTER">The <B>European Network of Cancer Registries</B></FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="640" CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD VALIGN="top" align="left"> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <IMG SRC="images/europe_2006.jpg" WIDTH="370" HEIGHT="476" ALT="ENCR-MAP" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#ENCRMEM"> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR was established in 1989 within the framework of the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B> Europe Against Cancer </B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> programme of the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>European Commission</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="5" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The Network has the following objectives: </FONT><BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=1> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to improve the quality, comparability and availability of cancer incidence data,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to create a basis for monitoring cancer incidence and mortality in the European Union,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to provide regular information on the burden of cancer in Europe,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to promote the use of cancer registries in cancer control, health-care planning and research.</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The project was supported by the European Commission (SANCO) until 31 March 2004. </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The EUNICE application submitted in 2004 to the new EC Public Health Programme has been favourably reviewed and is currently being negotiated. An application for funding of a European Cancer Observatory submitted to Cancéropôle Rhône-Alpes has been successful. This project covers some of the activities of ENCR, ACCIS and CaMon and started in 2005. </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR is governed by the Steering Committee.</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>ENCR Steering Committee</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> composition is available </FONT> <A HREF="encr_SteeringCommittee.htm" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><I>here</I></FONT></A> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">. Minutes of the Steering Committee meetings are available </FONT> <A HREF="encr_SCmeeting.htm" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><I>here</I></FONT></A> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">. </FONT> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>Terms of reference</B> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> of the Steering Committee (October 2005) are available </FONT><FONT face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#000000" size="2"> <A HREF="encr_termsofreference.pdf" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><I>here</I></A></FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR Secretariat is hosted at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML> --> <table BORDER="0" WIDTH="650" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1"> <tr> <td WIDTH="620" HEIGHT="40" BGCOLOR="#FFFFEE" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" BORDER="0"><font face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#00006B" size="5" ALIGN="CENTER"> <b> European Network of Cancer Registries <BR> (ENCR) </b></font> </td> </table> <br> <table BORDER="0" WIDTH="638" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" height="200"> <tr VALIGN="top"> <td ALIGN="left" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" width="702" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style1"><TD width=75%> <p align="left"> <font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"><br>The European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) project, established within the framework of the Europe Against Cancer Programme of the European Commission, has been in operation since 1990. The ENCR promotes collaboration between cancer registries, defines data collection standards, provides training for cancer registry personnel and regularly disseminates information on incidence and mortality from cancer in the European Union and Europe.</p></font> <td ALIGN="left" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" width="702" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style1"><TD width=25%> <p align="center"><img SRC="images/europe_2006.jpg" ALT="ENCR-MAP" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#ENCRMEM" width="185" height="230"></p> </td> </table> <TABLE> <tr VALIGN="CENTER" > <td ALIGN="CENTER" style="border: 1px solid blue" bordercolor="#FF0000" bordercolorlight="#FF0000" bordercolordark="#FF0000" height="102" width="700"> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#00006B" size="4"><b><u>LATEST NEWS</u></b></font>&nbsp; <blockquote> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> ANCR have recently published <i>The survival of cancer patients diagnosed 1964-2003 in the Nordic countries</i>. <!--Download <a href=" ejcpvol11s1secure.pdf"><font size="2" FONT color="#00006B">pdf </a><br>--> More details on <a href="http://www.encr.com.fr/ENCR_news.htm"><font size="2" FONT color="#00006B">ENCR/News.</I></font></a> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> EUROCIM-2 CALL FOR DATA: <br>ENCR members are now invited to submit data to the EUROCIM-2 database and other European studies, currently including EUROCOURSE. The data may be submitted at the ENCR <a href="http://cinportal.iarc.fr"> <font size="2" FONT color="#00006B">portal.</a></font> A copy of <a href="ENCR_Invitation2.pdf"><font size="2" FONT color="#00006B">the invitation,</a> and the full <font size="2" FONT color="#FF0000"><a href="ENCR_Call.pdf"><font size="2" FONT color="#00006B"> protocol</a> are available here.<br> <i>Deadline for submission is 30 June 2010.</i></font> <!--<br><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <i>Posted on 26 May 2010</i>--></font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> ENCR SURVEY: <br>A first on-line questionnaire was circulated to all ENCR members to update information on cancer registration conditions and techniques. <br> The deadline for completion is 28th May 2010.<br> For more information, click <a href="Invitation letter-Questionnaire.pdf"> <font size="2" FONT color="#00006B"><I>here.</I></font></a> <!--<br><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <i>Posted on 26 May 2010</i>--></font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> A NEW ENCR PORTAL has been launched on 4th May 2010 for exchange of data and information. For further details, please <a href="IARC Portal.pdf"><font size="2" FONT color="#00006B">read......</I></font></a> <!--<br><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <i>Posted on 26 May 2010</i>--> </font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> CANCER CONTROL IN SPAIN: a Supplement of Annals of Oncology is now<br> available on-line: </font></span></b><br><font color=""#00006B"><a href="http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol21 /suppl_3/index.dtl?etoc"></font> <font size="2" color="#00006B">http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol21/suppl_3/index.dtl?<br> etoc </a></font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <FONT COLOR="#00006B">The <a href="ENCRnewsflash2010_01_Final.pdf"><FONT COLOR="#00006B">January issue</font></a> of the ENCR Newsflash</font></a> summarises the outcomes of the Steering &nbsp;Committee held in November 2009 in Turin</font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent:1; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Helvetica,Arial" size="1"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <i>Page updated on 26 May 2010</i> <!-- previous publications: --> <!--<h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#00006B"> <FONT COLOR="#00006B"><u></u> - ENCR Steering Committee will meet on 17th March 2010</font></font></span></b><font color="#00006B">: </font><font size="2" color="#00006B">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any items for the Agenda? <a href="43rd ENCR SC Committee_Preliminary Agenda.pdf"> <FONT COLOR=#FF0000">Agenda</font></a></font></font></h2> <h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#FF0000"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><u></u> - EUROCOURSE: The Steering Board will meet on 18 March 2010 and the &nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Board on 19 March 2010. <a href="http://www.eurocourse.org/"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000">More on EUROCOURSE Website</a></font></font></h2>--> <!--<h2 align="left" style="text-indent: 3; margin-left: 8"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#FF0000"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><u></u> - Course "Essentials of descriptive cancer epidemiology" in Sweden in &nbsp;&nbsp;January 2010. <a href="other_coursesmeetings.htm"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Read more...</font></font></span></b><FONT COLOR=#FF0000"> </font><font size="2" color="#FF0000">--> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr VALIGN="top" height="15"> <td ALIGN="CENTER" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" height="15" width="702"></td> </tr> <!--the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B> Europe Against Cancer </B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> programme of the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>European Commission</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><BR>--> <tr VALIGN="top"> <!--<IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B> Steering Committee Members Elections: <B> <a HREF="encr_news.htm" target="DOWN" class='2'><B>ENCR News</B></A><br><br> </td>--> </TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" > <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR was established in 1989 within the framework of the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B> Europe Against Cancer </B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> programme of the <FONT COLOR="#0A3990" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>European Commission</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="5" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The Network has the following objectives: </FONT><BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=1> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to improve the quality, comparability and availability of cancer incidence data,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to create a basis for monitoring cancer incidence and mortality in the European Union,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to provide regular information on the burden of cancer in Europe,</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG SRC="dot.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="15" ALT="DOT" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">to promote the use of cancer registries in cancer control, health-care planning and research.</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The project was supported by the European Commission (SANCO) until 31 March 2004. </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><!--The EUNICE application submitted in 2004 to the new EC Public Health Programme has been favourably reviewed and is currently being negotiated. An application for funding of a European Cancer Observatory submitted to Cancéropôle Rhône-Alpes has been successful. This project covers some of the activities of ENCR, ACCIS and CaMon and started in 2005.--> Funding from <A HREF="http://www.canceropole-lara.com" TARGET= "BLANK"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> Cancéropôle Rhone-Alpes</FONT></A> for the years 2007, 2008 has been supporting all the ENCR activities</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR is governed by <a href="encr_SteeringCommittee.htm">the Steering Committee.</FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <A HREF="encr_SteeringCommittee.htm" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><I></I></FONT></A> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> Minutes of the Steering Committee meetings are available </FONT> <A HREF="encr_SCmeeting.htm" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> <I>here</I></FONT></A> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">. </FONT> <BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"><B>Terms of reference</B> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> of the Steering Committee (October 2005) are available </FONT><FONT face="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#000000" size="2"> <A HREF="encr_termsofreference.pdf" TARGET="ENCRRIGHT"><I>here</I></A></FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">The ENCR Secretariat is hosted at <a href="http://www.iarc.fr/">the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana"> </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD ALIGN="LEFT"> <IMG SRC="images/white.gif" WIDTH="8" HEIGHT="5" ALT="" BORDER="0"><BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="Verdana">ENCR is affiliated to <font color=#0000FF><a href="http://www.iacr.com.fr/">the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR)</FONT>.<BR> <br><br><FONT FACE="Helvetica,Arial" COLOR="#000000" SIZE="1"><br><i>Page updated on 21 July 2010</i> <BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>