The National Cancer Registry Ireland

Links to Further Information

This page contains links to web-sites and web-pages having to do with cancer and cancer registration. More links and information will be added as time goes by.

Cancer Registries

Registries Discussion Group

A cancer registries discussion group can be found at cancer-reg@egroups.com Anyone with an interest in cancer registries or research based on registry data is welcome to join. Click on the above link or send a blank e-mail to subscribe-cancer-reg@egroups.com.

Northern Ireland Cancer Registry

Information on cancer in Northern Ireland.

Ireland, Northern Ireland, NCI Cancer Consortium

The Ireland - Northern Ireland - National Cancer Institute (USA) Cancer Consortium was established in 1999 at the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Major goals of the Consortium are to enhance and coordinate the cancer registries of Ireland and Northern Ireland so that more can be learned about cancer incidence on the entire island. Also to conduct joint clinical research studies involving people from all three jurisdictions and develop and sponsor formal training programmes for Irish and American medical, nursing, and scientific scholars.

Finnish Cancer Registry

Home page of the Finnish Cancer registry. Software for relative survival calculations.

Descriptive Epidemiology division of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

The best source of international data on cancer incidence and mortality and on cancer registration worldwide. Many other resources.

Munich Cancer Registry

Home page of the German Cancer Registry, based in Munich.

SEER Homepage

Reliable and up-to-date cancer data for the USA. Links to other US data sources

Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race/Ethnicity in California, 1988-1991

A study comparing the incidence of cancer, and mortality rate for those suffering from cancer, broken down by race and ethnicity in the State of California. This study covers the period 1998-1991

Cancer Information

Irish Cancer Society

The website of the Irish Cancer society which provides information on cancer in Ireland, and links to supports such as nurses, support-groups and help-lines for those who have been diagnosed with a form of cancer.

Neoplasms: Karolinska Institute, Sweden

A comprehensive list of links to sites with information on cancer

OncoLink, The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Resource

One of the best "one-stop" sites for cancer information

TeleSCAN: Telematics Services in Cancer

A reasonably good set of links to European cancer information

MedWeb: Oncology

A variety of cancer links from Emory University

NCI's CancerNet Health Professionals Information Page

The National Cancer Institute of America's home-page, primarily for health professionals, but which also contains more general information on cancer.

The International Union against Cancer

A union of all cancer societies and organisations around the world. Good for recent news and updates. Also has useful links on tobacco.

American Cancer Society

A website in America dedicated to helping those who have found themselves diagnosed with Cancer. Provides in-depth information on different cancers for the layperson, as well as statistics and tips for early detection.

Free Medline access

Essential guide to finding original articles

Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer

This non-profit guide has been compiled from a database of over 1,800 cancer related web pages. Links are available via various sub-menus, by disease type, cancer centres, country, medical / research specialities etc. The guide contains links that will be of interest to both health professionals and to the public. The guide contains a section on Epidemiology / Cancer Registries which may also be of interest.

University of Utah - pathology slides on cancer

A series of slides, both full-size and micro-scopic, of various different types of cancer.