The Registro Tumori del Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta (RTP), also known as the Piedmont Cancer Registry, is a population-based cancer registry covering the Piedmont region of Italy. It is part of the CPO Piemonte (Centro di Riferimento per l’Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica in Piemonte) and is institutionally affiliated with the AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino [1].
Design and History
The registry’s origins trace back to the mid-1960s, when Professor Anglesio established the Cancer Registry of Piedmont, the first such registry launched in Southern Europe [2]. Between 1965 and 1973, the registry observed incidence and mortality across the entire Piedmont population [3]. The registry consolidated its current activity starting in 1985 with the registration of incident cases in the city of Turin, later expanding to the Metropolitan Area of Turin in 2008, and beginning regional coverage in 2017 [1].
Claims of a 1971 mark designed by Brunazzi&Associati could not be confirmed through available sources. The Brunazzi&Associati studio, founded in Turin in 1985, has produced hundreds of logotypes and symbols, but no verifiable record connects the studio to this registry’s visual identity [4].
In practice, the registry operates under the institutional identity of its parent organizations. The RTP is a structure within the CPO Piemonte, and its data and publications are hosted on the CPO website [5]. The registry is also recognized by the Italian Association of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM), which lists it among Italian cancer registries [1].
Meaning and Symbolism
Because no official description of a dedicated logo or emblem for the Registro Tumori del Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta has been located, no documented symbolism can be attributed to a specific mark. The registry’s identity is conveyed through the institutional branding of the CPO Piemonte and the AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, under which it operates [5].
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