Objetivos: Comparar los registros de atencion a pacientes con cancer en Colombia en el periodo 2009−2013 a traves del Registro Individual de Prestacion de Servicios de Salud (RIPS), con los registros consignados en la pagina de la Agencia Internacional Contra el Cancer: Globocan. Metodos: Se realizo una busqueda de informacion de 27 tipos de cancer en los RIPS y, a partir de esos datos, se estimaron las tasas de incidencia ajustadas por edad siguiendo la metodologia de ajuste directo. Posteriormente, los resultados se compararon con Globocan. Resultados: Segun los RIPS, en el periodo comprendido entre 2009−2013, se reportaron 110.879 casos incidentes de cancer; 68.312 en mujeres y 42.509 en hombres. Para la mayoria de los tipos de cancer se observan tasas de incidencia menores en los registros RIPS respecto a aquellas estimadas por Globocan. De menor a mayor figuran: el cancer de labio y cavidad oral (0.15:1); prostata (0,33:1); mama (0,74:1); cuello uterino (0,64:1); estomago (0,22:1), colorrectal (0,44:1) y tiroides (0.86:1). Conclusion: Las diferencias podrian atribuirse a una subestimacion presentada en los RIPS; una sobreestimacion, en Globocan; o una combinacion de las dos. Dada la trayectoria y los mecanismos de verificacion de los registros de: Pasto, Cali, Manizales y Bucaramanga, base de la informacion de Globocan, es probable que los datos de incidencia de los RIPS no se encuentren todavia suficientemente depurados. ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL RECORDS OF PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES (RIPS) IN CANCER IN COLOMBIA ABSTRACT Objectives: To compare the data for cancer patients care in Colombia during the period 2009- 2013 through the Individual Registration of Health Care Provision (RIPS) with records from the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) website: Globocan. Methods: A search for information of 27 types of cancer in RIPS was performed. From these collected data, age-adjusted incidence rates were estimated following the methodology of direct adjustment. Subsequently, the results were compared with Globocan. Results: According to RIPS, in the period 2009-2013, 110.879 incident cases of cancer were reported; 68,312 in women and 42,509 in men. For most types of cancer, incidence rates in RIPS registers are lower regarding those records estimated by Globocan. From lowest to highest were: lip and oral cavity cancer (0.15: 1); prostate (0.33: 1); breast (0.74: 1); cervix (0.64: 1); stomach (0.22: 1), colorectal (0.44: 1) and thyroid (0.86: 1). Conclusion: Differences could be attributed either to an underestimation in the RIPS registers, or to an overestimation in Globocan; or a combination of the two. Given the history and verification mechanisms of records from Pasto, Cali, Manizales and Bucaramanga, Globocan information basis, it is likely that the RIPS incidence data are not sufficiently refined.