ENCR News
Elections to the ENCR Steering Committee - Winter 2012Three candidatures were received by 16th January 2012:The elections are now opened and all registries are invited to vote electronically using the Registries Portal, tab ‘Elections’ (one vote per registry). Elections will close at the end of Monday 6th February 2012. Posted on 19th January 2012 
| Statistical methods for population-based cancer survival analysis – Treviso, Italy, 18-22 June 2012
Paul Dickman and Paul Lambert will hold a 5-day course on statistical methods for population-based
cancer survival analysis in Treviso, Italy from 18-22 June 2012 as part of the annual summer school
(http://www.biostatepi.org/). The course will
address the principles, methods and application of
statistical methods in population-based cancer survival analysis and cover central concepts, such as
how to estimate and model relative survival, as well as recent methodological developments including
cure models, flexible parametric models, and estimating crude probabilities of death. Comparison of
alternative methodological approaches (e.g., to estimating relative survival and to modeling relative
survival) will be a focus of the course and participants will get the opportunity to apply and contrast
a range of methods to real data. A large amount of time will be devoted to exercise sessions where
Drs Lambert and Dickman along with 3 other experienced faculty members will be available to work with
participants individually or in small groups. The exercise sessions will also provide an opportunity
for participants to discuss their own research projects with the faculty (and with each other).
| Available on request: Electronic cancer staging toolThe Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR), Queen's University Belfast, with licence from Springer Healthcare, LLC, has developed a Microsoft Access-based Staging Tool. The tool calculates TNM and other site-specific cancer staging classifications from the basic features of the patient's disease (e.g. tumour size or number of lymph nodes involved), entered by the user in a controlled fashion. Currently the tool is based on version 6 of the AJCC staging manual for all cancer sites, except for Lung and Uterus which have been converted to version 7. The NICR are planning to update all sites to version 7 in the near future. The NICR Staging Tool can be used freely by any ENCR registry who have proof of purchase of three AJCC Cancer Staging Manuals from Springer Healthcare, LLC.To request the NICR Staging Tool, an online request form will be made available on the NICR website. Posted on 16th December 2011
| ENCR Steering Committee elections - Call for candidatesThere are three vacancies to fill in the ENCR Steering Committee as Dr Stefano Rosso, Dr Anna Gavin, and Dr Sabine Siesling have reached the end of their mandate.We therefore call for nominations and candidatures of interested and available individuals who would like to represent the member cancer registries and contribute to further development of the Network. The mandate duration is three years, and can be renewed for another three years. As Dr Stefano Rosso, Dr Anna Gavin, and Dr Sabine Siesling were elected in 2008, they can stand again for election. The criteria can be found below. Completed candidature forms should be returned to encr@iarc.fr by 16th January 2012 at the latest. Please note that each candidature has to be supported by two other cancer registries, including one based in a different country: some time might be needed to get the required signatures. Candidature - criteria Candidature form ENCR Terms of reference Posted on 12th December 2011
| Liberating Information, Improving Outcomes - UKACR & NCIN conference 2011, Hilton London Metropole, London, 15-17 June 2011Two sessions based on work of the European Network of Cancer Registries were held during this event. Both were supported by the EUROCOURSE project. The ENCR presentations, that were supported by EUROCOURSE, are now available on the conference website.ENCR session, 16 June, 11:30-13:00: • Chair's introduction - the ENCR, its role and future perspectives - Stefano Rosso (download) • Cancer registration in Europe, results of the ENCR questionnaire UKACR - Annemiek Kwast and Sabine Siesling (download) • Building the European database of cancer registry data - Eva Steliarova-Foucher (download) • Making sense of the data: Europe-wide comparisons - Freddie Bray (download) • Cancer registries in Europe are needed everywhere - Max Parkin (download) EUROCOURSE session, 16 June, 14:00-15:30: • Data protection and ethicals - obstacles to cancer registry research in Europe - Hans Storm (download) • Achievements and pitfalls - the tradeoff between completeness & timeliness - Roberto Zanetti (download) • The role of cancer registries in the evaluation of organised screening - Stefan Lonnberg • Essential role of cancer registries in the evaluation of clinical management and outcome - Valery Lemmens ENCR is grateful to the conference organizers and to Professor Henrik Møller for giving the opportunity to showcase our activities. Click here to visit the conference website and get further information. Posted on 09th December 2011
| Cancer Epidemiology: Principles & MethodsThe FREE PDF is available online! Click here to view the download page.Posted on 09th December 2011
| EUROCOURSE SummitThe EUROCOURSE Summit on 'Cancer Registries for better cancer control in the EU: Unity and diversity in reporting risk and outcome' will be held on 23-24 November 2011 in Brussels. The Agenda and other information about the event may be consulted on www.eurocourse.orgPosted on 21st November 2011
| ENCR Steering Committee meetingNext ENCR Steering Committee meeting will be held on 22-23 November 2011 in Brussels. Any last minute suggestion for the Agenda should be sent to encr@iarc.frPosted on 21st November 2011
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ACCIS call for data 2011ACCIS call for data 2011 was launched on 14 October 2011 in all European cancer registries. Automated Childhood Cancer Information System (ACCIS) is a collaborative project supported by the ENCR. The deadline for data submission is 31 December 2011. More...Posted on 21st November 2011
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IICC-3 call for dataIICC-3 call for data was launched on 13 October 2011 in coordination with the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR). The third volume of the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer (IICC-3) will fill in the gap in the data provision on cancer incidence in childhood population worldwide. More...Posted on 21st November 2011
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ENCR Elections - New SC memberFollowing the closure of the elections to the ENCR Steering Committee on Thursday 8 September 2011, Dr Ariana Znaor received the largest number of votes. She will fill the vacancy formed following the departure of Dr Jean-Michel Lutz. ENCR SC members thanked the other candidates, Dr Rafael Marcos Gragera and Dr Urszula Wojciechowska, for taking part in the elections. Overall, 80 cancer registries voted. This is some 15% more than the last time (January/February 2011).Posted on 16th September 2011
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Dr Hartwig Ziegler directed the Saarland Cancer Registry since the beginning of the 1970s until he retired in 2006. He early realized the need and benefits of population-based cancer registration. With his endurance and experience, the registry reached a high reputation well beyond the Saarland region and he considerably contributed in movíng forward cancer registration process in Germany. We are mourning the passing of our former colleague, director and esteemed scientist and we will look back on his legacy with great fondness. Mr Bernd Holleczek on behalf of the staff of the Saarland Cancer Registry Posted on 5th May 2011
| ANCR 2011 Annual MeetingThe Finnish Cancer Registry will be hosting the 2011 ANCR Annual in Åland (Finland) on31 August - 2 September 2011. The themes of the meeting are:
www.cancer.fi/syoparekisteri/en/general/links/ancr-2011-annual-meeting/ The conference will be preceded with a course on 'Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) Studies'. Details on www.niva.org/courses/2011/6107.htm For any queries, please contact Risto.Sankila@cancer.fi Posted on 8th April 2011
| Slovenia Cancer Registry: New portalOn the occasion of the 60th anniversary in 2010 the Slovenia Cancer Registry launches a new web portal on cancer epidemiology which allows interactive analyses of incidence data (updated daily) and mortality data from Institute of Public Health. The web-site also links to main international cancer data resources. The name of the portal SLORA is a composite of SLOvenia and RAk (cancer) and is accessible on http://www.slora.si/. It is available in Slovenian and English language.Posted on 4th March 2011
| Elections of Professor Katalinic to the ENCR Steering CommitteeThe composition of the ENCR SC will not change in consequence of these elections, because Professor Katalinic was a co-opted member of ENCR SC since March 2009 until his current election. In total, votes from 71 cancer registries were received. One vote of 28 February was disqualified, which makes 70 valid votes. These were the first fully electronic elections with secret voting, set up on secure server of the registries portal. Mark O'Callaghan from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland was the major contributor to this efficient and elegant voting system.Posted on 3rd March 2011
| PanCareSurFupPanCareSurFup (PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-up Studies) is a project supported by ENCR (see ENCR Newsflash of January 2010). ENCR will contribute to building a database of long-term survivors of cancer in childhood and adolescence. Full article on IARC web-site (the link should open the following page:http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/2011/pancaresurfup.php Posted on 21st February 2011
| Rare solid cancers: an introduction
In this course, all main rare solid cancers of the adult will be dealt
with by clinical experts. The course will also deal with the specific problems
present in rare cancers. The course may be of interest to oncologists,
epidemiologists and health administrators. For more information please refer to
the course brochure . | ||||
GRELL MEETING - 2-3 June 2011 in CaenAbstract submission is now open. Abstract can be sent now to amiranda@ipolisboa.min-saude.ptThe deadline is 25 March 2011 Further information about themes and workshop; abstracts submission rules and grant application can be found on http://www.registrescancers-bn.org/. Posted on 15th December 2010
| ANCR New PublicationANCR have recently published: The survival of cancer patients diagnosed 1964-2003 in the Nordic countries.Five-year relative survival and excess mortality for shorter interval after diagnosis are calculated for 39 cancer sites and two summary groups in eight 5-year calendar periods 1964-2003 with follow-up through 2006. The project is published in Acta Oncologica 2010 issue 5 in 13 papers. Papers can be freely downloaded. A more detailed description of the project and a list of the papers with links can be found at www.ancr.nu/projects/completed. Issue 5 also includes a paper describing NORDCAN, the database used for the study. NORDCAN Copies of the Acta Oncologica issue 5 can be requested from gerda@cancer.dk Posted on 21st July 2010
| Cancer in SpainA Supplement of Annals of Oncology is now available on-line hereIn the Editorial of the monograph, J. M. Borras and J. Baselga present the joint effort of all Spanish population-based cancer registries resulting in providing a systematic analysis of cancer incidence trends and a review of changes in risk factors, mortality trends and screening activities nationwide. Posted on 21st July 2010
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