CANCERMondial

ABOUT CANCERMondial

DATABASES

GLOBOCAN

CI5

WHO

ACCIS

IICC

ECO

NORDCAN

SurvCan

RESOURCES

GLOSSARY

USEFUL LINKS

ABOUT CANCERMondial

Welcome to CANCERMondial. This website provides access to various databases containing information on the occurrence of cancer worldwide held and managed by the Section of Cancer Information (CIN) of IARC.

CIN databases:

GLOBOCAN provides access to the most recent estimates (for 2008) of the cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence for 27 cancers worldwide.

CI5 (Cancer Incidence in Five Continents) provides access to detailed information on the incidence of cancer recorded by cancer registries (regional or national) worldwide. Please note that

WHO presents long time series of selected cancer mortality recorded in selected countries of the world, together with advanced prediction and trends analysis facilities.

Collaborative projects:

ACCIS (Automated Childhood Cancer Information System) provides access to data on cancer incidence and survival of children collected by European cancer registries.

IICC (The International Incidence of Childhood Cancer) provides access to data on cancer incidence in children collected by cancer registries (regional or national) worldwide.

ECO (European Cancer Observatory) is a one-stop web-based tool for accessing, analysing and downloading European cancer data.

NORDCAN presents up-to-date long time series of cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival from 40 cancers recorded by the , together with advanced prediction facilities.

SurvCan presents cancer survival data from cancer registries in low and middle income regions of the world.

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Section of Cancer Information, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France