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Giusti F, Martos C, Adriani S, Flego M, Carvalho RN, Bettio M, Ben E. The Joint Research Centre-European Network of Cancer Registries Quality Check Software (JRC-ENCR QCS). Front Oncol 2023; 13:1250195. [PMID: 37965471 PMCID: PMC10641391 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1250195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The core activity of population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) is to gather information from all new cancer cases in a defined geographic area, in order to measure the magnitude of cancer burden and to provide a basis for cancer research. The Joint Research Centre-European Network of Cancer Registries Quality Check Software (JRC-ENCR QCS) is a Java standalone desktop application, under development since 2015, created to support PBCRs in the validation of the collected data. The JRC-ENCR QCS performs internal consistency checks on the cancer registry dataset, to detect impossible or unlikely codes or combination of codes, and is thereby an important tool to support the validation efforts by registries and improve data quality and European-wide harmonisation. The software package also includes the JRC CSV Data layout converter, a complementary tool for transforming PBCR incidence files into a format compatible with the JRC-ENCR QCS. This paper gives an overview of the JRC-ENCR QCS, describing the role of the software in processing data files submitted by PBCRs contributing to the European Cancer Information System (ECIS) as well as its functionalities. The development of the JRC-ENCR QCS is an evolving process, with regular updates implementing new and revised European and International recommendations and classifications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesco Giusti
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
- Belgian Cancer Registry, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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Petrillo M, Querci M, Tkachenko O, Siska IR, Ben E, Angers-Loustau A, Bogni A, Brunetto A, Fabbri M, Garlant L, Lievens A, Munoz A, Paracchini V, Pietretti D, Puertas-Gallardo A, Raffael B, Sarno E, Tregoat V, Zaro F, Van den Eede G. The EU one-stop-shop collection of publicly available information on COVID-19 in vitro diagnostic medical devices. F1000Res 2021; 9:1296. [PMID: 33564397 PMCID: PMC7851715 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.27308.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The
JRC COVID-19 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices and Test Methods Database, aimed to collect in a single place all publicly available information on performance of CE-marked
in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) as well as
in house laboratory-developed devices and related test methods for COVID-19, is here presented. The database, manually curated and regularly updated, has been developed as a follow-up to the Communication from the European Commission “Guidelines on
in vitro diagnostic tests and their performance” of 15 April 2020 and is freely accessible at
https://covid-19-diagnostics.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.
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- Mauro Petrillo
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE), Brussels, Belgium
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- European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE), Brussels, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Past affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.,Current affiliation: European Commission, European Publication Office, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Past affiliation (until 30-06-2020): European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A, Taino, Italy
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Randi G, Ben E, Carvalho R, Dimitrova N, Dyba T, Giusti F, Martos C, Neamtiu L, Nicholson N, Bettio M. European Cancer Information System web-application: analysing and visualising European cancer data. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky214.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- G Randi
- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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- Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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Abstract
In order to provide reliable and harmonized information on methods for GMO (genetically modified organism) analysis we have published a database called "GMOMETHODS" that supplies information on PCR assays validated according to the principles and requirements of ISO 5725 and/or the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry protocol. In addition, the database contains methods that have been verified by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Genetically Modified Food and Feed in the context of compliance with an European Union legislative act. The web application provides search capabilities to retrieve primers and probes sequence information on the available methods. It further supplies core data required by analytical labs to carry out GM tests and comprises information on the applied reference material and plasmid standards. The GMOMETHODS database currently contains 118 different PCR methods allowing identification of 51 single GM events and 18 taxon-specific genes in a sample. It also provides screening assays for detection of eight different genetic elements commonly used for the development of GMOs. The application is referred to by the Biosafety Clearing House, a global mechanism set up by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to facilitate the exchange of information on Living Modified Organisms. The publication of the GMOMETHODS database can be considered an important step toward worldwide standardization and harmonization in GMO analysis.
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- Laura Bonfini
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Molecular Biology and Genomics Unit, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra (VA), Italy.
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