Last update : 04/14/2015 | Version : 1 | ID : 23414
General | |
Identification | |
Detailed name | European cross-sectionnal study on patients with cancer : survival, prevalence and care models |
Sign or acronym | EUROCARE |
General Aspects | |
Medical area |
Cancer research |
Health determinants |
Iatrogenic |
Keywords | care models, Europe, cancer, survival, prevalence |
Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
Name of the director | De Angelis |
Surname | Roberta |
Address | Viale Regina Elena 299 00161 - Roma (I) |
Phone | +39 06 4990 4289 |
roberta.deangelis@iss.it | |
Organization | Institut national de la Santé - |
Collaborations | |
Funding | |
Funding status |
Mixed |
Details | Italian Ministry of HealthCompagnia di San Paolo di TorinoCARIPLO foundation |
Governance of the database | |
Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Institut national de la Santé - Italie |
Organisation status |
Public |
Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | Centre national d'épidémiologie, de surveillance de la santé et de la promotion - Italie |
Organisation status |
Public |
Additional contact | |
Main features | |
Type of database | |
Type of database |
Study databases |
Study databases (details) |
Repeated cross-sectional studies (except case control studies) |
Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
An administrative base or a register |
Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
Additional information regarding sample selection. | From 117 cancer registries in 29 European countries. |
Database objective | |
Main objective | To provide an updated description of cancer survival time trends and differences across European countries, to measure cancer prevalence, and to study patterns of care of cancer patients. |
Inclusion criteria | Patients with cancer living in Europe. |
Population type | |
Age |
Newborns (birth to 28 days) Infant (28 days to 2 years) Early childhood (2 to 5 years) Childhood (6 to 13 years) Adolescence (13 to 18 years) Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) Great age (80 years and more) |
Population covered |
Sick population |
Gender |
Male Woman |
Geography area |
International |
Detail of the geography area | Europe :Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia. |
Data collection | |
Dates | |
Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 1989 |
Size of the database | |
Size of the database (number of individuals) |
Greater than 20 000 individuals |
Details of the number of individuals | 22 000 000 |
Data | |
Database activity |
Current data collection |
Type of data collected |
Clinical data Administrative data |
Clinical data (detail) |
Direct physical measures |
Administrative data (detail) | Date of birth, country of residence |
Presence of a biobank |
No |
Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality Health care consumption and services |
Care consumption (detail) |
Hospitalization Medical/paramedical consultation Medicines consumption |
Procedures | |
Participant monitoring |
No |
Links to administrative sources |
No |
Promotion and access | |
Promotion | |
Link to the document | http://www.eurocare.it/Publications/tabid/61/Default.aspx |
Link to the document | http://www.eurocare.it/Publications/tabid/61/Default.aspx |
Access | |
Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | Contact the scientific director. |
Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
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