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ECIS - European Cancer Information System

Cancer entities definition

Cancer entities’ definitions used in ECIS are described below for each ECIS study.

Incidence and mortality estimates

The definitions of the 39 cancer entities used for the 2022 incidence and mortality estimates - classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10).

Estimates cancer entities

Long-term estimates

The definitions of the 39 cancer entities used for the long-term estimates of incidence and mortality - classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10).

Estimates cancer entities

Incidence and mortality historical data

The definitions of the 68 cancer entities used for historical incidence - classified according to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, third edition (ICD-O-3).

Childhood incidence historical data

List of the childhood diagnostic groups and subgroups - according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, third edition (ICCC-3).

List of diagnostic groups for the childhood historical data

Survival estimates

The definitions of the 43 cancer entities used in the survival estimates - classified according to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, third edition (ICD-O-3).

EUROCARE 5 cancer entities

Prevalence estimates

The definitions of the 33 cancer entities used in prevalence estimates - classified according to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, third edition (ICD-O-3). 

Prevalence Cancer entities 2023