It is a reporting system with a computerised database with information on more than 1.000.000 persons. Cancer registration is an ongoing process. The registration follows individual cancer cases from diagnosis to treatment, death or cure. The main indicator is incidence of cancer by occupation. The Danish Cancer register has published a great number of reports and articles.
Data is available for research purposes.
Notification is made following a scheme introduced by government regulation in March 1987. The registration is controlled by the Data Inspection Agency. The cost for retrieval of data corresponds to actual costs. There is collaboration with cancer registries from other countries. The Danish Cancer Registry was evaluated in 1989 by the Danish Council for Research, Policy and Planning.