Towards a Cancer Registry in Luxembourg

Dr Berchem Guy MD Hematology-Oncology Department Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

History

• A complete morphologic (pathology) register exists since about 15 years giving incidence data • Since 2007: Political will to establish a « National Health Plan » • Lobbying by Luxembourg Oncologic Society SLO and CRP-Santé to establish a complete Cancer registry • Jan 2007 Conference of Prof. Michael Coleman on the necessity of such a registry

What has been done

• July 2007 founding of a national steering committee officially charged by the minister of health to organize a registry.

• Law and Budget in preparation • EUROCHIP has been very important in stimulating this process • Good progress is being made, but there remains much to do…

Thank You!!