ANCR Symposium 2023  

Programme

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROGRAMME IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

Wednesday, 6 September

14.00–17.00 Pre-meeting workshops including a coffee break

Workshop 1: Experiences on data sharing and federated analysis
Chairs: Sanna Heikkinen and Karri Seppä, Finnish Cancer Registry

Data from the Nordic cancer registries have been used extensively both in creating the NORDCAN database of cancer statistics and in population-based epidemiological studies. Due to increased requirements for sharing individual data new approaches for conducting analyses based on aggregated data or country-specific estimates have been developed. In the workshop different experiences, challenges, and solutions related to data sharing and federated analyses are discussed. It also includes two presentations:

How is NORDCAN implemented as nordcan.R?
Speaker: Special Adviser Siri Larønningen, Cancer Registry of Norway

Nordic collaborative project on Covid-19 and cancer.
Speaker: Assistant Professor Anna Johansson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

After the presentations, the participants in the workshop are divided into groups to discuss the future of Nordic research collaboration.

Workshop 2: Cancer screening – how to weigh benefits and harms
Chairs: Aapeli Nevala and Veli-Matti Partanen, Finnish Cancer Registry

“All screening programmes do harm. Some do good as well and, of these, some do more good than harm at reasonable cost.” (Angela Raffle & John Gray) 

A prerequisite for cancer screening programs is that the benefits should outweigh the harms. But how are these benefits and harms quantified? And who decides whether the benefits are greater than harms? Is it the experts or should the general population also have a say in the matter? This workshop also includes two presentations, the evidence of benefits and harms in different cancer screening programs is first reviewed. This is followed by an introduction to ethics and patient-centered decision making in the context of screening. The participants in the workshop are then divided into groups to discuss general and specific cases related to valuation of benefits and harms.

Evidence of benefits and harms in cancer screening
Speaker: Postdoctoral researcher Miriam Elfström, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Ethics and patient-centered decision making in cancer screening
Speaker: Doctoral researcher Joel Janhonen, University of Turku, Finland

Workshop 3: Nordic collaboration for expert registrars 
Chairs: Gabrielle Gran, Regional Cancer Center South East Sweden and Elina Hermiö, Finnish Cancer Registry

A meeting for coding staff in the Nordic cancer registries with the opportunity to exchange knowledge and news from each registry. 

Coding cancer spread; metastasis and TNM
Speaker: Pathologist Ok Målfrid Mangrud, Cancer Registry of Norway

The presentation is followed by a discussion on how do Nordic cancer registries practice coding of metastasis and TNM. After this, there is an open forum: news flash from each registry.

NOTE: As a registered participant you may have already chosen the workshop you will attend (from the workshops 1 and 2 announced earlier). Regardless of your previous choice, it is also possible to attend the third one without notice.

18.00 - 19.00  Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki at Old Town Hall, Aleksanterinkatu 20

19.00 - 21.00  Adventure Tour, Senate Square

Thursday, 7 September