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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Temporal trends in the incidence and survival of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Ontario and the United States.

30 Oct 2009 The Ontario Cancer Registry (OCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) databases were used to describe temporal trends in the incidence and survival of squamous cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) in Ontario and the ... Read more...

Risk of pancreatic cancer in families with Lynch syndrome.

26 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Lynch syndrome is an inherited cause of colorectal cancer caused by mutations of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. A number of extracolonic tumors have been associated with the disorder, including pancreatic cancer; however, the risk of ... Read more...

Survival benefit with radiation therapy in node-positive breast carcinoma patients.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Postoperative radiation therapy (RT) has been the subject of discussion, especially in patients with one to three positive lymph nodes (< or = 3 pN+) in the axillary dissection. The authors investigated whether postoperative ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'SEER Program'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Temporal trends in the incidence and survival of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract in Ontario and the United States. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk of pancreatic cancer in families with Lynch syndrome. 26 Oct 2009
• Prediction of perioperative mortality after lung cancer resection in the elderly. 13 Oct 2009
• Survival benefit with radiation therapy in node-positive breast carcinoma patients. 4 Oct 2009
• Claim for screening endoscopy of the esophagus. 29 Sep 2009
• Survival impact of treatment options for papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid. 29 Sep 2009
• Middle ear cancer: a population-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• Lymph node evaluation is associated with improved survival after surgery for early stage gallbladder cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Lymphadenectomy for patients with cervical cancer: is it of value? 29 Sep 2009
• Tumor markers and rectal cancer: support for an inflammation-related pathway. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of rising chemotherapy costs on the cost savings of colorectal cancer screening. 22 Sep 2009
• Primary testicular diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a population-based study on the incidence, natural history, and survival comparison with primary nodal counterpart before and after the introduction of rituximab. 19 Sep 2009
• Outcomes of localized prostate cancer following conservative management. 14 Sep 2009
• Fertility preservation in young women with epithelial ovarian cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• Trends in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma incidence and survival in the United States, 1975-2005. 13 Sep 2009
• Divergent cancer pathways for early-onset and late-onset cutaneous malignant melanoma. 13 Sep 2009
• Secondary sarcomas after radiotherapy for breast cancer: sustained risk and poor survival. 13 Sep 2009
• An investigation into the performance of the Adjuvant! Online prognostic programme in early breast cancer for a cohort of patients in the United Kingdom. 30 Aug 2009
• Completion of radiotherapy for local and regional head and neck cancer in medicare. 30 Aug 2009
• The case of a good satellite: outcomes of resected ipsilateral same-lobe satellite pulmonary nodules. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'SEER Program'

Definition: A cancer registry mandated under the National Cancer Act of 1971 to operate and maintain a population-based cancer reporting system, reporting periodically estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in the United States. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program is a continuing project of the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Among its goals, in addition to assembling and reporting cancer statistics, are the monitoring of annual cancer incident trends and the promoting of studies designed to identify factors amenable to cancer control interventions. (From National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No. 91-3074, October 1990)

Descriptor UI: D018426

Alternative terms: SEER Program; Program, SEER; SEER Program (National Cancer Institute (U.S.)); Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.970.725; L01.280.950.725; N04.452.859.819.725; N05.715.360.300.715.700.725; N06.850.520.308.970.725;

History Note: 95

Technical Notes: a cancer surveillance program of Nat Cancer Inst; X ref explains acronym; IM CATALOG: use NAF entry