About NORDCAN

The NORDCAN project

Welcome to NORDCAN. This project presents the incidence, mortality and prevalence statistics from 41 major cancers in the Nordic countries. This Internet application provides access to summary data with graphic and tabulation facilities. The full database with regional information including cancer maps and facilities such as grouping of cancer sites and populations are only available using the NORDCAN software for PC.

The Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries (ANCR) has proprietary rights to the materials on the Website. The data extracted from this website is in the public domain. You may use it "as is" but must cite the corresponding reference (see below).
Systematic retrieval of data to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, database or directory without written permission from ANCR via the secretariat is prohibited.
This application has been developed in collaboration with the Cancer Information Section, Data Analysis and Interpretation Group at IARC.
Before you start working with NORDCAN, we strongly recommend that you first read the section: The NORDCAN database.
Tables, graphs and predictions are made based on the selection of the user. It might take a short time to calculate tables, graphs and predictions in the program.

Recommended reference: Gerda Engholm, Jacques Ferlay, Niels Christensen, Freddie Bray, Marianne L. Gjerstorff, Åsa Klint, Jóanis E. Køtlum, Elínborg Ólafsdóttir, Eero Pukkala and Hans H. Storm (2009).
NORDCAN: Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Prevalence and Prediction in the Nordic Countries, Version 3.5. Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries. Danish Cancer Society (http://www.ancr.nu).