The International Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Registry (ICORC) is a voluntary international collaboration of colorectal cancer outcome registries. It was founded in 2021 by:
- The National Bowel Cancer Audit (UK): Professor Kate Walker
- Bowel Cancer Outcomes Registry (Australia and New Zealand): Mr Phil Smart, Professor Sandy Heriot, A/Professor Helen Mohan
- The Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit: Dr Julie Sijmons, Professor Pieter Tanis, Dr J.W.T. Dekker
Since 2021, ICORC has grown into multidisciplinary team of colorectal surgeons, oncologists, medical statisticians, data analysts, public health physicians, and health services researchers. The group also includes early career researchers and clinical fellows. ICORC currently has over 50 members from 15 countries across 4 continents, and is continuing to growing.
ICORC organises regular virtual meetings, chaired by Professor Kate Walker, Senior Methodologist at NBOCA. The meeting provide an opportunity for shared learning across registries and the development of collaborative research projects. Its secretary is Mr Adil Rashid, Clinical Fellow at NBOCA.
Collaborating organisations
Argentina: Base Nacional de Cáncer Colorrectal en Argentina (BNCCR-A)
Australia: Cancer Alliance Queensland, Cabrini Health, ACCORD
Belgium: BIC4CRC Breakthrough Improvement Collaborative for ColoRectal Cancer
Canada: Dalhousie University
Denmark: Danish Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG)
Italy: Emilia-Romagna Surgical Colorectal Audit, Italian Bowel Cancer Outcome Registry
Norway: Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Registry
Scotland: Public Health Scotland, NHS West of Scotland Cancer Network, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
United States of America: American College of Surgeons
Read more about the Registries
Please get in touch if you are interested in joining: nboca@rcseng.ac.uk