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The registry carries out a continuous and exhaustive collection of all new cancer diagnoses in the general population living in a given département. It has the twofold objective of monitoring the cancer risk and of conducting research on cancer.
Objectives of the Registry in terms of public health:
- Participate in the epidemiological surveillance of cancers at local and national level under the Francim network by publishing incidence indicators by cancer location, gender, age and year of diagnosis.
- Evaluate primary and secondary prevention initiatives (organized cancer screening), patient treatment and healthcare needs in the general population.
The EPIC-PL undertakes a wide range of projects in liaison with local and national partners. The main themes are: evaluation of treatment practices and research on social inequalities

Only a population based registry provides precise and exhaustive information on cancer incidence in the context of the French healthcare system. It is also necessary for evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and screening programs as well as cancer care streams in the general population - with no selection bias.

1) To describe the characteristics of a large sample of individuals with a diagnosis of ASD aged between 2 and 16 years, in the clinical, biological, developmental and psychosocial domains 2) To identify outcome trajectories over years and their determinants.

The main objective is to describe in a detailed way the life of HIV positive people in metropolitan France, Antilles and French Guiana since the introduction of effective methods of treatment. This survey completes the epidemiological surveillance plan to different groups composing French population, the cohorts allowing to better understand the factors determining the HIV virus evolution, the clinical trials for the development of new treatments and strategies. It's important to understand the personal and social situation of people living with HIV/aids, and to identify its individual, social and medical determinants, and to update the different dimensions of everyday life: treatment, work, resources, social life, sexuality, familiar life. This to identify what could be improved in caring or social plans to better meet specific needs of men and women, youngh and adults, homo or eterosexuals, French or migrants, or long-standing patients or newly detected infections.

To investigate the role of environmental and genetic risk factors of prostate cancer.