CANCERMondial

CANCERMondial provides access to information on the occurrence of cancer world-wide held by the Descriptive Epidemiology Group (DEP) of IARC. The data available are:

1. Incidence data collected by cancer registries worldwide : CI5 I-VIII (Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol. I to VIII) study.

2. The data on incidence and survival of children and adolescents in Europe (ACCIS project)

3. Mortality data extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) databank.

4. The most recent estimates of the cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence, by sex and cancer site, for all the countries of the world (GLOBOCAN 2002).

The project website can be found at http://www-dep.iarc.fr