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The current ACCIS database was compiled using data from European population-based cancer registries submitted during the years 2000-2002.
The 2011 call aims to update this database up to the year 2008 and beyond, according to the possibilities of the participating cancer registries.
The relevant portion of the data to be collected in 2011 will also be fed to the database of another project, International Incidence of Childhood Cancer, Volume 3 (IICC-3), if the contributing registries wish to do so. Data submitted to the ENCR Call of 2010 may also be used for analyses, with the registry's agreement.
To ensure comparability of data on childhood cancer collected across Europe, the submitted datasets should satisfy a number of criteria on selection of cases and quality of collected data. International coding systems should be used.
Previously, data were automatically verified and classified using CHILD-CHECK program [4], based on ICD-O-2 [5]. A new edition of CHILD-CHECK, based on ICD-O-3 is under preparation. Until a new edition of the CHILD-CHECK program is available, the interested participants may want to refer to resources for cancer registries, cited on the websites of the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) and the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR).