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 living
  with a tumour
  Prevalance

• how many survive
  Survival

• how many die
  Mortality

• whether cancers have increased or decreased with respect to preceding years
  Trends

• whether the impact of the disease
  is the same in all parts of the country
  Comparison of registries

• whether it remains better or worse
  in comparison with the rest of the world
  International comparisons

• Here you will find full information about the activities of the registries such as the way they operate, who finances them, what they produce, the projects in which they participate and how they inform the people.

AIRTUM is a participant in the Cancer in Italy project which has a web portal on the epidemiology of Italian oncology www.tumori.net.

This site is addressed to anyone (registries operators, citizens, oncologists, journalists) interested in the statistical data about the diffusion of cancer in Italy. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician. AIRTUM site receives economic support from the Italian government (Department of Health). There is not any kind of commercial advertisements.

All the pages flagged with are available only in Italian language.