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!!