The Bremen Cancer Registry
Since 1998, all new cancer cases in the Bremen population have been recorded in the Bremen Cancer Registry. Pursuant to the Bremen Cancer Registry Act (BremKRG), the population-based registry was expanded to also register clinical information in 2015. By analyzing the data, the registry can draw conclusions
- On the occurrence of various cancer cases in men and women in the individual age groups and the respective trends of development over time,
- About the health services for cancer patients in the state of Bremen—as a contribution to the further improvement of oncological care,
- For the assessment of survival chances of cancer patients,
- For the evaluation of screening exams.
In addition, the cancer registry provides data for scientific research upon request and also conducts research projects itself.
The Bremen Cancer Registry consists of a trust center and a data analysis office, which are both managed by a medical director. Data with names and addresses are processed exclusively in the trust center. The analysis of the data is carried out in the data analysis office, where the data is available in pseudonymized form. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians [Kassenärztliche Vereinigung] Bremen supervises the work of the trust center. BIPS has been entrusted with the management of the data analysis office and the medical management. The Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection is the supervisory authority for the Bremen Cancer Registry.
Funding:
- Statutory and private health insurance providers
- The Senator for Health, Women and Consumer Protection of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Due to legal requirements of the state, the Bremen cancer registry is divided into a trust center and a data analysis office. These entities are separated in terms of location and organization. The trust center serves as the contact point for the reporting medical profession and registers the data. For reasons of data protection, the personal data of a reported case (name and address of the patient) remain in the trust center, while the pseudonymized data related to the disease are passed on to the data analysis office for the statistical analysis.
Website of the registry and further information: http://www.krebsregister.bremen.de
Staff
Langholz, Manuela
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56834
langholz(at)leibniz-bips.de
Liu, Ran
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56802
liu(at)leibniz-bips.de
Lorenzen-Oldendörp, Frauke
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56834
lorenzen(at)leibniz-bips.de
Luttmann, Sabine, Dr.
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56961
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941
luttmann(at)leibniz-bips.de
Seebeck, Birte
seebeck(at)leibniz-bips.de
Streit, Daniela
Tel.: +49 (0)421 218-56784
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56821
streit(at)leibniz-bips.de
Sabine Luttmann
Medical Director
Contact:
Dr. med. Sabine Luttmann
Tel: +49 (0)421 218-56961
Fax: +49 (0)421 218-56941