East Anglain Cancer Registry
- Abstract
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ECRIC is one of eight regional cancer registries in England and one of eleven in the UK. It covers the East of England which includes the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. It has a regional population is approximately 5.5 million. The Registry’s primary role is to collect, process, store and analyse all malignant tumours and some pre-cancerous and non-malignant (benign brain and CNS tumours only) cancers newly diagnosed in the East of England.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Cancer, mortality, incidence, survival
- Variables
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Incidence, survival, mortality
- Keywords
- Cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, ovary, mesothelioma, lung cancer, trachea cancer, liver cancer, leukemia, kidney, head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, cervix, breast cancer, bladder cancer, mortality, survival, diagnosis, incidence
- Identifier Variables
- Patient level identifiers are present but ethical approval is required for the release of such data
- Area of Health System
- Public health
- Disease Area
- Cancer
- Data Available
- Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- East Anglian Cancer Registry
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- Regional
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2005, 2006
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate, Individual
- Sample
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Approximately 1 million records
- Availability
- East angling cancer registry
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.ecric.org.uk/reports/index.shtml
- Contact
- Tel: 01223213627, contacts@ecric.nhs.uk
- Publications
- Bosch X and de Sanjosé S. Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer — Burden and Assessment of Causality. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs 2003; 31