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National Childhood Cancer Registry Accomplishments in 2022
NCCR and NAACCR highlight a few of the many accomplishments they’ve achieved for 2022. 2022 was a year of exciting growth and development for the National Childhood Cancer Registry (NCCR)….
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Updates on the Virtual Pooled Registry for 2023
Here are some of the noteworthy highlights from VPR. I’m so excited to share the below updates on the Virtual Pooled Registry (VPR). February marks the first anniversary of the…
Surveillance
State Cancer Registries Improve Accuracy Over Self-Reporting
These findings support the ongoing development of a national U.S. virtual pooled registry to streamline cohort linkages. Authors Annelie M. Landgren, MPH, PMP [Contractor], Surveillance Research Program, DCCPS, NCI Martha…
Surveillance
Assessing Lung Cancer Rates in Non-Smokers
This is the first time lung cancer incidence rates for never smokers have been estimated based on U.S. registry data. To our knowledge, this is the first time lung cancer…
Surveillance
IARC Classifies Firefighter Exposure as a Human Carcinogen
Authors Judith M Graber, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health Antoinette M Stroup, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics &…
Surveillance
Northeast Region’s High Childhood Cancer Rates Re-examined
A study revealed cancer diagnoses were reported as being the highest in New Hampshire and broader Northeast regions. Background In a 2018 descriptive study, cancer incidence in children (ages 0-19)…
Surveillance
Addressing Disparities for Cancer in African American Men
The South Carolina Cancer Alliance, South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health released a data brief highlighting the burden of cancer on African American men in South Carolina. In…
Surveillance
The Leading Cause of Death due to Brain Tumors in the U.S.
Glioblastoma has the worst outcomes for all cancer types in the U.S. Glioblastoma is the most common malignant tumor of the brain and central nervous system (CNS), with approximately 12,300…
Surveillance
Analyzing Cancer Survival Rate in the U.S. and Canada by Socioeconomic Status
A paper from the Spring issue of the Journal of Registry Management looks at population-based cancer survival in Canada and the United States by socioeconomic status. NAACCR colleagues, I would…
Surveillance
Racial Disparities in HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Outcomes
Interventions to increase HPV vaccine uptake, early detection, and treatment of oropharyngeal cancer in males are needed to decrease disparities in incidence and mortality. A national cohort study was released…