Center for Cancer Registry Data

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The Center for Cancer Registry Data (ZfKD) at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin brings together the data from the epidemiological state cancer registries at the federal level. The data sets are checked for completeness and reliability and evaluated across national borders. The ZfKD publishes the results regularly in cooperation with state institutions.

aims

The main aim of the Center for Cancer Registry Data is to provide scientific research with reliable data on cancer diseases in Germany and to describe cancer events in Germany to the interested public.

tasks

The Center for Cancer Registry Data ...

  • checks the completeness and plausibility of the data transmitted by the state cancer registers.
  • regularly estimates the completeness of disease reports in the state cancer registers , which is an essential quality criterion for epidemiological cancer registration .
  • carries out a nationwide data comparison on the basis of control numbers in order to be able to determine and exclude multiple transmissions from the state cancer registries.
  • regularly estimates and analyzes the number of new cancers occurring each year, as well as cancer disease, cancer mortality rates and survival rates. Further indicators of cancer occurrence, in particular prevalence , average risk of illness and death as well as their development over time complete the presentation.
  • provides data for evaluating health policy measures, for example cancer prevention, early detection, treatment and care. Interested scientists can request this data as a 'Scientific Use File'.
  • publishes the results and makes them available on an interactive Internet platform.
  • Together with the regional cancer registers and with the support of external scientists, we continuously improve the methods and standards for uniform data acquisition, data transmission and analysis.
  • conducts its own studies on cancer.
  • publishes together with the Society of Epidemiological Cancer Registers eV (GEKID) every two years the report "Cancer in Germany" on the incidence and developments of cancer in Germany.
  • prepares a comprehensive report every five years on cancer events and the primary problems of combating cancer in Germany.
  • works in national and international bodies on cancer registration and cancer epidemiology.

structure

The Center for Cancer Registry Data was established in January 2010 in the Epidemiology and Health Reporting Department at the Robert Koch Institute. It continues the work of the "umbrella documentation on cancer" with an expanded range of tasks. The work of the ZfKD is accompanied by an advisory board with an office at the Robert Koch Institute.

Legal basis

The Center for Cancer Registry Data implements the tasks defined in the Federal Cancer Registry Data Act (BKRG 2009).

Current publications

The following brochures and articles on cancer in Germany have been published since 2010:

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