ENCR Recommendations 2023 outlining the standard dataset for the European Network of Cancer Registries, and defining the essential data items to be collected by cancer registries, taking into account variations in data availability, legal frameworks, and technological capacity across Europe.
The recommendations emphasize the need for standardized and comparable data to support cancer control, quality assessment of care, and clinical and epidemiological research, while acknowledging challenges related to data collection, linkage, and quality assurance.