In the website of AIRTUM (the Italian Association of Cancer Registries) you will find up to date statistics of the distribution of cancer in the areas covered by the member registries including:

• how many new cases in a year
  incidence

• how many Italians are living
  with a tumour
  prevalance

• how many Italians survive to a tumour
  survival

• how many Italians die for a tumour
  mortality

• whether the  number of cancers has increased or decreased with respect to preceding years
  trends

• whether the impact of the disease
  is the same all over the country
  comparison of registries

• whether the situation in Italy is better or worse compared to the rest of the world
  international comparisons

• Here you will find all the informations regarding the activities of the Italian tumour registries: how they work, who finance them, what are their products, which projects they participate to, how they inform the population.