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BENCHISTA-2026
International Benchmarking of Childhood Cancer Survival by Stage
Second in-person Project Working Group Meeting, held on June 15th and 16th in Milan, Italy.
Claire Poulalhon and Emmanuel Desandes, co-Directors of the National Registry of Childhood Cancers (RNCE), participated in the 2nd BENCHISTA workshop, held in Milan, Italy, on
GRELL-2026
50th GRELL scientific sonference (Group for Epidemiology and Cancer Registry in Latin Language Countries), held from 13-15 May 2026 in Dijon, France
On May 14, Emmanuel Desandes (epidemiologist and Director of the National Registry of Childhood Solid Tumors) presented the results of the study “EPI-CHILD-CNS – Trends
Annual Meeting of RNCE Investigators: A Day Dedicated to Childhood Cancer Data Collection
On Monday, December 1, 2025, the French National Registry of Childhood Cancers (RNCE) held its annual investigators’ meeting at the Faculty of Medicine of Université
Traffic-related air pollution and acute childhood leukemia in France: findings from the nationwide GEOCAP studyPollution de l’air liée au trafic routier et leucémie aiguë chez l’enfant en France : résultats de l’étude nationale GEOCAP
Introduction: Several environmental factors are suspected of contributing to the development of acute leukemias (AL), the most frequently diagnosed cancers in children under
Health of Children Born After Assisted Reproductive Technology: No Overall Increase in Cancer Risk, But a Slight Increase in the Risk of Leukaemia Cannot Be Excluded
The Inserm team, Epidemiology of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers (EPICEA – UMR Inserm 1153) and the scientific interest group EPI-PHARE (ANSM/Cnam), together with experts in
Some figures
1800
The number of new cancer cases reported per year among children less than 15 years.
450
The number of new cancer cases estimated per year among adolescents aged 15-17 years.
80%
Overall survival probability at 5 years after the diagnosis.
Statistics
Childhood cancer is a rare disease, affecting approximately 1,800 children under the age of 15 each year in metropolitan France (about one newborn out of 440 will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 15).
The distribution of childhood cancers by histological type and location is very different from that of adults, notably with very few carcinomas. That’s why the incidence and survival are described using a specific classification, the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC), 3rd version.
Research
The fight against childhood cancer is a major concern for many institutions in France. The Registre National des Cancers de l’Enfant (National Childhood Cancer Registry) and its Plateforme d’Observation des Cancers de l’Enfant CCOP (Childhood Cancer Observation Platform) are major tools, the latest of which has been set up to develop research in various disciplines.
The CCOP Platform, made up of these different components, makes its data available to researchers…
Transparency portal
The transparency portal, as defined by the CNIL, enables you to find out about research projects carried out by the EPICEA team using information collected by the National Childhood Cancer Registry.
This work, whether or not in collaboration with other researchers, is essential to improving research into childhood cancers.
Each project is the subject of a summary, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) defined in Articles 12, 13, and 14.
