Waldmann, Annika
Borchers, Pia
Katalinic, Alexander
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität zu Lübeck
Article History
Received: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 21 November 2023
First Online: 1 December 2023
Declarations
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: Cancer registration in Germany is mandatory and (mainly) organized on the federal state level. When being diagnosed with a malignancy, patients are informed about and give informed consent to the reporting of the disease to the respective cancer registry. The Centre of Cancer Registry Data receives the data from all population-based registries in Germany, processes the data and composes a national data set.
: After reviewing the study protocol, the scientific committee of the Centre for Cancer Registry Data grants permission to researches to use the (anonymized) nationwide data set. The permission to use the data set was granted on 25th June 2021 under file number “5.03.04/0002#0083 − 0003” by the scientific committee of the Centre for Cancer Registry data.
: Research with anonymous data without patient contact was not subject to an ethics vote in Germany at the time of study protocol generation in 2021. However, ethical approval was subsequently obtained from the ethics committee of the University of Luebeck (31st Mai 2023; file number 2023 − 467).
: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations such as the Declaration of Helsinki and Guideline for Good Epidemiological Practise.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.