CANCERMondial

ABOUT CANCERMondial

DATABASES

GLOBOCAN

Cancer and Obesity

CI5

WHO

ACCIS

IICC new resources available

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 Surveillance (CSU) of IARC.

CSU databases:

GLOBOCAN provides access to the most recent estimates (for 2012) of the cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence for 28 cancers worldwide.

The Cancer and Obesity website provides a variety of interactive tools for analysing and visualizing data on the estimated global burden of cancer in 2012 attributable to excess body weight.

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

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 (regional or national).

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 50 cancers recorded by the , together with advanced prediction and trends analysis facilities.

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

Any problems using this web site should be reported to csu@iarc.fr.
Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France