Cancer registries and data protection in the age of health digital interoperability in Europe: The perspective of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM)

Front Oncol. 2022 Dec 6:12:1052057. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1052057. eCollection 2022.

Walter Mazzucco^{1

2

3}, Fabrizio Stracci^{1

4}, Gemma Gatta^{1

5}, Angelo D'Argenzio^{1

6}, Ettore Bidoli^{1

7}, Simona Carone^{1

8}, Susanna Vitarelli^{1

9}, Maurizio Castelli^{1

10}, Santo Fruscione², Francesco Vitale²

¹ Department of Oncology and Public Health, Executive Board of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM), Milan, Italy.
² Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Palermo Province Cancer Registry, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy.
³ College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
⁴ Umbria Regional Cancer Registry, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
⁵ Research Department, IRCCS Foundation National Institute Tumor, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Regional Epidemiological Observatory - Campania Region, Naples, Italy.
⁷ Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Regional Cancer Registry, IRCCS Oncological Reference Centre of Aviano (CRO), Aviano, Italy.
⁸ Apulia Regional Cancer Registry, Local health agency of Taranto, Taranto, Italy.
⁹ Marche Regional Cancer Registry, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
¹⁰ Valle d'Aosta Cancer Registry, Local health agency of Valle d'Aosta, Aosta, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer epidemiology; cancer registries; data protection; digitalization; interoperability.