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TUMOR REGISTRIES. THE SEER PROGRAM. The SEER program. The S urveillance, E pidemiology, and E nd R esults is a program of the National Cancer Institute seer.cancer.gov
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TUMOR REGISTRIES THE SEER PROGRAM
The SEER program • The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results is a program of the National Cancer Institute • seer.cancer.gov • The SEER collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries covering ~26% of the population in the U.S.
Background • SEER began collecting data in1973 in the states of Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii, as well as metro areas of Detroit and San Francisco-Oakland • 1974-75 metro Atlanta and Seattle Puget Sound • 1978 10 predominantly black rural counties of Georgia • 1980 American Indians in Arizona • Prior to 1990 New Orleans (rejoined in 2001), LA; New Jersey (rejoined in 2001); Puerto Rico (1973-1989); Alaska • 1992 Los Angeles county and 4 counties in the San Jose-Monterey area • 2001 Kentucky, remaining counties of California
Background, cont’d • Joint effort by the NCI, the CDC, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) • To guide state registries to achieve data content and compatibility for pooling and improving national estimates
Goals of the SEER • Collect complete and accurate data on all cancer diagnosed among residents of the geographic areas covered by SEER cancer registries • Quality control / quality improvement • Report on cancer burden (incidence, mortality, survival) overall, and in subgroups of the population • Variations / changes in patterns and trends over time
Goals of the SEER, cont’d • Provide research resources to the general research community including a public use file each year, and software to facilitate the analysis of the database • Provide training materials and web-based training resources to the cancer registry community.
The SEER database • The SEER program collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from 15 population-based registries that cover ¼ of the U.S. population. • Data on more than 6 million in situ and invasive cases are included in the database • 350,000+ cases being added each year from the SEER coverage areas.
Contents of the SEER database • Demographics • Detailed tumor characteristics • cancer stage (among many other measures) • Vital status and cause of death • mortality, survival • SEER data linked with Medicare • Enhances the richness of each of the databases
Interactive features http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/index.html • Great to obtain quick stats as you’re writing a grant application or a manuscript.