A Multisource Approach to Improving Epidemiologic Estimates: Application to Global B-Cell Malignancies

Table 2

Cancer registries and organizations contacted to obtain descriptive epidemiologic statistics on B-Cell malignancies by country.

Country	Agency or registry	Contact established?*	Additional statistics provided?
Australia	Australian Paediatric Cancer Registry	Yes	Yes
Australia	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	Yes	No^†
Brazil	Instituto Nacional de Cancer	Yes	No^‡
Canada	Statistics Canada	Yes	No^‡§
Canada	Canadian Childhood Cancer Surveillance and Control Program	Yes	No^‡
China	Cancer Institute and Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Chinese National Center for Cancer Registries	Yes	No^‡
England	Office of National Statistics	Yes	No^†
England	Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service	No	—
France	National Registry of Childhood Haematopoietic Malignancies	No	—
France	Institut de Veille Sanitaire	Yes	No^‡
Germany	German Centre for Cancer Registry Data at the Robert Koch Institute	Yes	No^‡
India	National Cancer Registry Programme	Yes	Yes
Republic of Ireland	National Cancer Registry in Ireland	Yes	Yes
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Cancer Registry	Yes	Yes
Italy	Italian Association of Cancer Registries	No	—
Japan	National Cancer Center	No	—
Japan	Japan Association of Cancer Registries	No	—
South Korea	Korea Central Cancer Registry	No	—
South Korea	College of Medicine, Korea University	No	—
Spain	Spanish National Childhood Cancer Registry	Yes	Yes
Spain	National Center of Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Yes	No^‡
United Kingdom	National Registry of Childhood Tumors	Yes	No^‡
United Kingdom	Cancer Research UK	Yes	No^‡
Wales	Welsh Cancer Intelligence Service	Yes	No^†

^∗All contacts were identified by reviewing contact information included in pertinent publications and information available online.
^†Replied that additional statistics only available at a cost.
^‡Directed to existing material.
^§Replied that requested statistics not readily available.