The Belgian Cancer Registry is a Belgian institution which collects

epidemiological Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

data concerning new

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

cases in Belgium.

History

In 1983 a national cancer registry (''Nationaal Kankerregister''-NKR) was founded in Belgium. In

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the

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sponsored from 1994 until 2005 the creation of a Flemish cancer registry by the ''Vlaamse Liga tegen Kanker''. The ''Belgian Cancer Registry Foundation'', a joint initiative of the national,

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and

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n governments, was founded on 28 June 2005 and officially inaugurated on 17 May 2006 in the presence of the ministers

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and

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. Article 39 of the Belgian law of 13 December 2006 describes in detail the organization of cancer registration in Belgium.

Sources

Kankerregistratie voor heel België
(Dutch)

External links

* https://kankerregister.org/en Cancer organisations based in Belgium Foundations based in Belgium Medical and health foundations

History

See also

Sources

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