The Italian Network of Cancer Registries (AIRT).
The Italian Network of Cancer Registries (AIRT) built three databases for the study of cancer trends in Italy during 1986-1997: incident cases, deaths and populations observed by the eighteen Italian Cancer Registries active on about 23% of the Italian resident population. The incidence data have been validated through ad hoc programmes and CHECK-IARC. A pool of nine Cancer Registries, that had an almost complete coverage for the study period 1986-1997, has been chosen for the trend analysis (pool AIRT). 525,645 cases and 269,902 deaths have been analysed on a total of 8 million residents.
Guzzinati
Stefano
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Registro tumori del Veneto, Azienda ospedaliera di Padova, Dipartimento di scienze oncologiche e chirurgiche, Università degli studi di Padova.
Spitale
Alessandra
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D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011786:Quality Control; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*