Now available in print format: Developing a Legal Framework for Population-Based Cancer Registries: A Toolkit

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in collaboration with the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (Australia) and the African Cancer Registry Network (AFCRN), is pleased to announce that IARC Technical Publication No. 49: Developing a Legal Framework for Population-Based Cancer Registries: A Toolkit is now available for sale in print format. The book is also available for free download in PDF format.

This new toolkit was developed to serve as a resource to support countries in establishing a legal basis for the mandatory reporting of cancer diagnoses to a population-based cancer registry. The toolkit comprises a report and several online tools to enable a structured approach to drafting a law. It ensures compliance with international best practice while allowing flexibility for local adaptation.

A move towards mandatory reporting of cancer diagnoses to population-based cancer registries would enable much more complete collection of data by registries, thus giving policy-makers and health-care professionals a clearer understanding of the cancer burdens in their region and providing evidence needed to implement more effective and more tightly targeted cancer control policies.

Davoren S, Parkin DM, Liu B, Rosales Sto. Domingo MA, Kitonyo-Devotsu R, Jones H, Bray F
Developing a Legal Framework for Population-Based Cancer Registries: A Toolkit
IARC Technical Publication No. 49

See IARC Technical Publication No. 49