The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer that was
released today shows continued declines in both the rate of new
cancer cases and the rate of cancer deaths in the United States
over the past several years. The incidence data used in the
report were gathered from population-based cancer registries
that participate in the NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End
Results (SEER) program, and/or the CDC’s National Program of
Cancer Registries (NPCR). Information on mortality rates comes
from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This
article explores the role of population-based cancer registries.
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7, 2009, 6:28PM December 7, 2009, 5:25PM Colorectal cancer
mortality rates have been declining in the last decade. Along
with screening, advances in colorectal cancer treatment have
played a pivotal role in re