Do investments in cancer registry databases and tools bring added value? NORDCAN as an example

Figures & data

Table 1. Grants and budget and value in 2022 (in 1000 €) for joint Nordic studies on incidence, mortality, survival, and predictions in years 1990–2000.

Year	Project	Budget	Grant	Grant value 2022	Period Years	In-kind Staff-years	Publications
1990	Nordic cancer incidence 1981–1986	67.2	67.2	127.2	2	1	1 APMIS monograph
1991	Kreftbildet I Norden (V) 2000-2010	1139.4	569.8	1054.0	3	7	4 APMIS monographs 1 Acta Oncol monograph
2000	Prediction of cancer 2002-2020	165.2	165.2	253.3	2	2	1 EJCP monograph
	Total all projects			1426.4	12	> 10

Table 2. Grants and budget and value in 2022 (in 1000 €) for joint Nordic studies on incidence, mortality, survival, and predictions in 2006.

Year	Project	Budget	Grant	Grant value 2022	Period Years	In-kind Staff-years	Publications
2006	ANCR NORDCAN Package 2006-11	349.2	335.8	458.4	5	4.2	1 Web application 1 paper
2006	ANCR Survival 1964-2003	221.6	120.1	163.9	4	3	1 Web application 10 papers
2006	Prediction of cancer	100.1	97.0	136.6	5	2	1 Web application 1 paper
2006	NORDCAN Secretariat	35.5	35.5	48.4	5	2	84 papers
	Total all projects			807.2			96 papers

Figure 1. Number of publications using NORDCAN in PubMed 2007–2013.

Search term: ‘NORDCAN’ done on 21-02-2023.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are publicly available These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain:

Pub Med: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.