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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
17.02.2011
Researcher Leif Åge Strand at the Cancer Registry of Norway has studied incidence and death from cancer among former Navy servicemen. Despite removing asbestos during renovation of marine vessels during the 1980s one can still expect more cases of mesothelioma (pleural) caused by asbestos among marine servicemen, says Strand. This is due to the time interval being long, from exposure, until a cancer diagnosis is known; known as the latency period.
10.02.2011
In the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association no 3-4 February 2011, Tom Børge Johannesen MD, as coauthor, contributes to an overview on diagnosis and treatment of malignant brain tumors in adults.
07.02.2011
Moderate Risk of Incidence and Death due to Cancer Among Earlier Military Servicemen in the Navy
26.01.2011
Giske Ursin took over the position as Director of the Cancer Registry of Norway after Frøydis Langmark 5 January 2011. She wishes to strengthen the contact with the basic science and clinical communities. Over the past few years, the Cancer Registry has started developing several extensive databases with details on cancer treatment, so called quality registries. Dr. Ursin has announced that these registries will undergo a systematic review and that efforts will need to be concentrated on a few of them. In order to develop additional quality registries the Cancer Registry needs more resources.
14.01.2011
Frøydis Langmark retired as Director of the Cancer Registry of Norway 4 January 2011. On the 6 of January she was honored by Norway’s public sector with a dignified ceremony in Gamle Logen in Oslo.
10.01.2011
Norway lies in the middle regarding survival after being diagnosed with cancer of the lung, breast, ovaries, or of the colon and rectum. This is shown in a new study published in The Lancet where Tom Børge Johannesen is co-author.
15.12.2010
The Cancer Registry’s annual report, Cancer in Norway, will be issued in June 2011, not in December 2010. The delay is due to a major reorganization of routines for registering cancer numbers and concealing data.
07.12.2010
Rune Kvåle, MD, defended his thesis on Friday October 15th 2010; the first based on data from The Norwegian Prostate Cancer Registry.
21.10.2010
The Janus Serum Bank was established in 1973 by the Norwegian Cancer Society and is today owned by the Cancer Registry of Norway. The Janus Serum Bank consists of approximately 452 000 samples from ...
13.10.2010
Giske Ursin is the new Director of the Cancer Registry of Norway. She commences when Frøydis Langmark retires January 4, 2011.
22.12.2009
In 2008, 26 121 new cases of cancer were recorded in Norway, for which 14 000 occurred among men and 12 121 among women. Cancers of the prostate, female breast, colon and lung are the most common cancers and comprise almost half of the total cancer burden.
02.10.2009
More and more men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and the question if treatment is given according to national guidelines is highly relevant. Until recently we have not had enough data to answer this question. However, a newly published article in the British Journal of Urology- International shows that data from the Cancer Registry of Norway and the Prostate Cancer Registry may give us the answer.
21.09.2009
A new study at the Cancer Registry of Norway shows that the total divorce rate is the same for parents having or not having a child with cancer. Neither the child’s age, length of illness, nor the prognosis influences the possibility of divorce.
17.06.2009
There is 10 per cent more cancer in Sola and neighboring mununicipalities than the Norwegian average. However, the Cancer Registry of Norway is not able to connect this to the emissions from the refinery.
11.06.2009
On June 8, a landmark study on the prevention of colorectal cancer, The Nordic European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer (NordICC) is launched. NordICC is the first randomised trial to investigate the effect of colonoscopy on incidence and mortality of this cancer.
09.06.2009
The Cancer Registry of Norway, has been commissioned to do a study to chart cancer incidence among earlier employees and neighbors of the closed oil refinery at Sola. The results of this investigation will be presented at Quality Sola Airport Hotel on Wednesday 17. June 2009.
02.06.2009
Farmers, priests, teachers and medical doctors are among the occupational groups with least cancer. The highest risk is seen in male waiters. This is shown in the first study in The Nordic Occupational Project (NOCCA) that investigates connections between occupation and cancer in the Nordic countries.