16.08.2011
In this annual report the Cancer Registry of Norway delivers incidence data on the different cancer diseases and the latest survival data.
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10.01.2012
The Cancer Registry of Norway delivers data to NORDCAN, a collaboration project between all the Nordic cancer registries. On the NORDCAN website you can find information on cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence (number of persons alive with a cancer diagnosis) and survival for 41 of the largest groups of cancer in the Nordic countries.
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06.01.2012
Here is a summary of an evaluation report of HPV tests used in cervical cancer screening publised by the Cancer Registry of Norway 8th December 2011.
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06.01.2012
Tests for Human papillomavirus (HPV) are an effective tool in the prevention of cervical cancer. However, the quality of the HPV tests varies. This is the main conclusion in an evaluation report published recently by the Cancer Registry of Norway.
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02.01.2012
The Ministry of Health and Care Services have introduced an age limit of 18 years in order to be allowed to use solariums; this starting 1 July 2012. The Cancer Registry of Norway has all along supported the age limit, as research shows a significant increase of malignant melanoma in those who began using solariums at an early age.
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14.10.2011
It is known that the unmarried are in general more likely to die than their married counterparts and there is some indication that the divide is in fact getting worse. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Public Health looks at the changes in cancer survival over the past 40 years and show that the difference in mortality between the married and never married, especially between married and never married men, has also increased.
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15.05.2011
There is a lesser chance of recurrence of Stage I ovarian cancer if the tumor does not burst during operation. A clear cell type tumor also gives poorer survival.
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17.02.2011
A study published in Academic Radiology in January 2011, where radiologist Solveig Roth Hoff M.D. at the Breast Diagnostic Center in Ålesund and Solveig Hovind PhD. et al. at the Cancer Registry of Norway, reviews among other things the important role of the radiologist in reading mammograms.
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Fact sheets on cancer screening programmes in English, Arabic and Urdu
The Cancer Registry of Norway have made fact sheets on the Norwegian breast and cervical cancer screening programmes available in pdf-format in English, Arabic and Urdu.
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Nordpred
The Nordpred software package is now available under "Projects".
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