Resources and Publications

Please visit National Program of Cancer Registries Publications Available Online for a complete list of documents in PDF and HTML formats.

Please visit Scientific Articles by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) for a complete list of scientific articles by NPCR authors.

Download the 2006/2007 National Program of Cancer Registries Fact Sheet (PDF-304KB).

Cancer Data

• State Cancer Burden Data
• CDC and NCI State Cancer Profiles

Archive

• Ten Years of Progress: The National Program of Cancer Registries (November 2002)
  Highlights the historical development of the program and celebrates the collective efforts of NPCR Program Directors and contacts, NPCR program staff, cancer surveillance partners, and key individuals to advance statewide and national cancer monitoring.



• CDC Explores Potential Uses of HL7 for Cancer Registry Data Exchange
  From August 19 to 21, 1998, CDC hosted a meeting of representatives from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) and the Health Level 7 (HL7) organization to explore the development and understanding of a standardized electronic data exchange protocol for use in cancer registry systems. Participants considered the benefits and challenges of moving NAACCR toward the HL7 data exchange standard and also examined a variety of options other than HL7 for transmission of cancer registry data. The meeting participants concluded that the HL7 standard had significant advantages over both the current NAACCR standard and other relevant data exchange standards.



• Using U.S. Cancer Registry Data: A Literature Review
  A CDC-conducted literature review of data published from statewide cancer registries in the United States has identified 293 articles representing data from 38 states and one territory.

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