Scientific Articles by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)

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This page contains a list of citations for selected publications authored by CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) staff members. Fiscal years begin October 1 and end September 30; for example, fiscal year 2006 began October 1, 2005 and ended September 30, 2006.

Fiscal Year 2009

Jemal A, Thun MJ, Ries LAG, Howe HL, Weir HK, Center MM, Ward E, Wu X, Eheman C, Anderson R, Ajani UA, Kohler B, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2005, featuring trends in lung cancer, tobacco use, and tobacco control. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008;100(23):1672–1694.

Fiscal Year 2008

Alley LG, Chen VW, Wike JM, Schymura MJ, Rycroft RK, Shen T, Bolick-Aldrich S, Roshala W, Fulton JP. CDC–NPCR's Breast, Colon, and Prostate Cancer Data Quality and Patterns of Care Study: overview and methodology. Journal of Registry Management 2007;34(4)148–157.

Alley LG, Fulton JP, Wike JM, Kahn AR, Roshala W, Chen VW, Rycroft RK, Bolick-Aldrich S, German R, Snodgrass J. Studying patterns of care: An evaluation of a project using CDC–NPCR data. Journal of Registry Management 2008;35(1):27–33.

Becker TM, Espey DK, Lawson HW, Saraiya M, Jim MA, Waxman AG. Regional differences in cervical cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1234–1243.

Bliss A, Cobb N, Solomon T, Cravatt K, Jim MA, Marshall L, Campbell J. Lung cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1168–1178.

Byers TE, Wolf HJ, Bauer KR, Bolick-Aldrich S, Chen VW, Finch JL, Fulton JP, Schymura MJ, Shen T, Van Heest S, Yin X; for the Patterns of Care Study Group. The impact of socioeconomic status on survival after cancer in the United States: findings from the National Program of Cancer Registries Patterns of Care Study. Cancer 2008;113(3):582–591.

Cobb N, Wingo PA, Edwards BK. Introduction to the supplement on cancer in the American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1113–1116.

Espey DK, Wiggins CL, Jim MA, Miller BA, Johnson CJ, Becker TM. Methods for improving cancer surveillance data in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1120–1130.

Espey DK, Wu XC, Swan J, Wiggins C, Jim MA, Ward E, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Ries LA, Miller BA, Jemal A, Ahmed F, Cobb N, Kaur JS, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives. Cancer 2007;110(10):2119–2152.

Henderson JA, Espey DK, Jim MA, German RR, Shaw KM, Hoffman RM. Prostate cancer incidence among American Indian and Alaska Native men, US, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1203–1212.

Jim MA, Perdue DG, Richardson LC, Espey DK, Redd JT, Martin HJ, Kwong SL, Kelly JJ, Henderson JA, Ahmed F. Primary liver cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, US, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1244–1255.

Kaur JS, Hampton JW. Editorial: Cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native populations continues to threaten an aging population: the need for tribal, state and federal action. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1117–1119.

Larson T, Melnikova N, Davis SI, Jamison P. Incidence and descriptive epidemiology of mesothelioma in the United States, 1999–2002. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2007;13(4):398–403.

Lemrow SM, Perdue DG, Stewart SL, Richardson LC, Jim MA, French HT, Swan J, Edwards BK, Wiggins C, Dickie L, Espey DK. Gallbladder cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, US, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1266–1273.

Li J, Thompson TD, Miller JW, Pollack LA, Stewart SL. Cancer incidence among children and adolescents in the United States, 2001–2003. Pediatrics 2008;121(6):e1470–1477.

Mulvihill L. Education and Training Series from the National Program of Cancer Registries. Journal of Registry Management 2008;35(1):17–20.

Perdue DG, Perkins C, Jackson-Thompson J, Coughlin SS, Ahmed F, Haverkamp DS, Jim MA. Regional differences in colorectal cancer incidence, stage, and subsite among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1179–1190.

Reichman ME, Kelly JJ, Kosary CL, Coughlin SS, Jim MA, Lanier AP. Incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1256–1265.

Saraiya M, Ahmed F, White MC, Lawson H, Unger ER, Eheman CR. Toward using National Cancer Surveillance data for preventing and controlling cervical and other human papillomavirus-associated cancers in the US. Cancer 2008;113(S10):2837–2840.

Saraiya M, Goodman MT, Datta SD, Chen VW, Wingo P. Cancer registries and monitoring the impact of prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines: The potential role. Cancer 2008;113(S10):3047–3057.

Steele CB, Cardinez CJ, Richardson LC, Tom-Orme L, Shaw KM. Surveillance for health behaviors of American Indians and Alaska Natives—findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000–2006. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1131–1141.

Stewart SL, Cardinez CJ, Richardson LC, Norman L, Kaufmann R, Pechacek TF, Thompson TD, Weir HK, Sabatino SA. Surveillance for cancers associated with tobacco use—United States, 1999–2004. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 2008;57(SS08);1–33.

Stewart SL, Wike JM, Foster SL, Michaud F. The incidence of primary fallopian tube cancer in the United States. Gynecologic Oncology 2007;107(3):392–397.

Trivers KF, Sabatino SA, Stewart SL. Trends in esophageal cancer incidence by histology, United States, 1998–2003. International Journal of Cancer 2008;123(6):1422–1428.

Watson M, Saraiya M, Ahmed F, Cardinez CJ, Reichman ME, Weir HK, Richards TB. Using population-based cancer registry data to assess the burden of human papillomavirus-associated cancers in the United States: Overview of methods. Cancer 2008;113(S10):2841–2854.

Weir HK, Jim MA, Marrett LD, Fairley T. Cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native young adults (ages 20–44 years): US, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1153–1167.

Wiggins CL, Espey DK, Wingo PA, Kaur JS, Wilson RT, Swan J, Miller BA, Jim MA, Kelly JJ, Lanier AP. Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1142–1152.

Wiggins CL, Perdue DG, Henderson JA, Bruce MG, Lanier AP, Kelley JJ, Seals BF, Espey DK. Gastric cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1225–1233.

Wilson RT, Richardson LC, Kelly JJ, Kaur J, Jim MA, Lanier AP. Cancers of the urinary tract among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1213–1224.

Wingo PA, King J, Swan J, Coughlin SS, Kaur JS, Erb-Alvarez JA, Jackson-Thompson J, Arambula Solomon TG. Breast cancer incidence among American Indian and Alaska Native women: US, 1999–2004. Cancer 2008;113(S5):1191–1202.

Wingo PA, Tucker TC, Jamison PM, Martin H, McLaughlin C, Bayakly R, Bolick-Aldrich S, Colsher P, Indian R, Knight K, Neloms S, Wilson R, Richards TB. Cancer in Appalachia, 2001–2003. Cancer 2008;112(1):181–192.

Fiscal Year 2007

Benard VB, Coughlin SS, Thompson T, Richardson LC. Cervical cancer incidence in the United States by area of residence, 1998–2001. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007;110(3):681–686.

Capron SJ, Seiffert J. Computer Aspects of Data Management: Data Editing. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Clutter GG, Cardinez CJ, Fairley TL. Collecting information on race and ethnicity: A resource for hospital and state central cancer registrars. Journal of Registry Management 2006;33(4):111–118.

Clutter GG, Couillar-Getreuer D, Hoyler SS. Cancer Registrar Certification: The CTR, a Professional Credential. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Gerlach KA, Scharber W, Durbin E. Electronic Reporting. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Intelkofer R, Michaud F. The National Program of Cancer Registries. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Joseph DA, Wingo PA, King JB, Pollack LA, Richardson LC, Wu X, Chen V, Austin HD, Rogers D, Cook J. Use of state cancer surveillance data to estimate the cancer burden in disaster-affected areas—Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2007;22(4):282–290.

Saraiya M, Ahmed F, Krishnan S, Richards TB, Unger ER, Lawson HW. Cervical cancer incidence in a prevaccine era in the United States, 1998–2002. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007;109(2):360–370.

Seiffert J, McKeen K. Death Clearance. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Stewart SL, Sabatino SA, Foster SL, Richardson LC. Decline in breast cancer incidence—United States, 1999–2003. MMWR 2007;56(22):549–553.

Subramanian S, Green J, Tangka F, Weir H, Michaud F, Ekwueme D. Economic assessment of central cancer registry operations. Part I: Methods and conceptual framework. Journal of Registry Management 2007;34(3):75–80.

Thoburn KK, German RR, Lewis M, Nichols PJ, Ahmed F, Jackson-Thompson J. Case completeness and data accuracy in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries. Cancer 2007;109(8):1607–1616.

Van loon S, Mulvihill L. Recruitment and retention of central registry staff. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Weir HK, Tucker TC. Registry Certification. In: Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management and Use, Second Edition. HR Menck, D Deapen, JL Phillips, TC Tucker, eds. Dubuque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2007.

Fiscal Year 2006

Ahmed F, Goodman MT, Kosary C, Ruiz B, Wu X, Chen VW, Correa CN. Excess risk of subsequent primary cancers among colorectal carcinoma survivors, 1975–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1162–1171.

Coughlin SS, Richards TB, Thompson T, Miller BA, VanEenwyk J, Goodman MT, Sherman RL. Rural/nonrural differences in colorectal cancer incidence in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1181–1188.

Fairley TL, Cardinez CJ, Martin J, Alley L, Friedman C, Edwards B, Jamison P. Colorectal cancer in U.S. adults younger than 50 years of age, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1153–1161.

Howe HL, Wu X, Ries LA, Cokkinides V, Ahmed F, Jemal A, Miller B, Williams M, Ward E, Wingo PA, Ramirez A, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations. Cancer 2006;107(8):1711–1742.

Jackson-Thompson J, Ahmed F, German RR, Lai SM, Friedman C. Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1103–1111.

Lai SM, Zhang KB, Uhler RJ, Harrison JN, Clutter GG, Williams MA. Geographic variation in the incidence of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1172–1180.

Matanoski G, Tao XG, Almon L, Adade AA, Davies-Cole JO. Demographics and tumor characteristics of colorectal cancers in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1112–1120.

Mulvihill L, Chapman S, Lindler V. Frontline workers in cancer data management: workforce analysis study of the cancer registry field. Journal of Registry Management 2006;33(3):89–90.

Reed E, Ahmed F, Jackson-Thompson J, Friedman C, German RR, Lai SM, Wingo PA. Foreword: Promoting the use of registry-based national cancer surveillance data for colorectal cancer prevention and control. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1101–1102.

Stewart SL, Wike JM, Kato I, Lewis DR, Michaud F. A population-based study of colorectal cancer histology in the United States, 1998–2001. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1128–1141.

Thames SF, Gerlach K, Martin HJ, Carney T, Penberthy LT, Lanzilotta M, Peace S. Introduction to the National Program of Cancer Registries—Modeling Electronic Reporting Project (NPCR–MERP). Journal of Registry Management 2006;33(3):97–101.

Wilson R, Ledford K, Cardinez CJ, Weir H, Wingo PA. National Program of Cancer Registries data quality indicators to improve population-based central cancer registry data. Journal of Registry Management 2006;33(3):113–119.

Wu X, Cokkinides V, Chen VW, Nadel M, Ren Y, Martin J, Ellison GL. Associations of subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage of disease at diagnosis with county-level poverty, by race and sex. Cancer 2006;107(S5):1121–1127.

Fiscal Year 2005

Edwards BK, Brown ML, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Ward E, Ries LA, Schrag D, Jamison PM, Jemal A, Wu XC, Friedman C, Harlan L, Warren J, Anderson RN, Pickle LW. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2002, featuring population-based trends in cancer treatment. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005;97(19):1407–1427.

Koo D, Wingo PA, Rothwell C. Health statistics from notifications, registration systems, and registries. In: Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population's Health. Friedman DA, Hunter EL, Parrish RG II, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

McDavid K, Schymura MJ, Armstrong L, Santilli L, Schmidt B, Byers T, Steele CB, O'Connor L, Schlag NC, Roshala W, Darcy D, Matanoski G, Shen T, Bolick-Aldrich S. Rationale and design of the National Program of Cancer Registries' breast, colon, and prostate cancer patterns of care study. Cancer Causes and Control 2004;15(10):1057–1066.

Weir HK, Berg G, Mansley EC, Belloni KA. The National Program of Cancer Registries: Explaining state variations in average cost per case reported. Preventing Chronic Disease 2005;2(3):A10.

Wingo PA, Howe HL, Thun MJ, Ballard-Barbash R, Ward E, Brown ML, Sylvester J, Friedell GH, Alley L, Rowland JH, Edwards BK. A national framework for cancer surveillance in the United States. Cancer Causes and Control. 2005;16(2):151–170.

Fiscal Year 2004

CDC, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors. Indicators for chronic disease surveillance. MMWR 2004;53(RR11):1–6.

Hall HI, Jamison PM, Fulton JP, Clutter G, Roffers S, Parrish P. Reporting cutaneous melanoma to cancer registries in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2003;49(4):624–630.

Jemal A, Clegg LX, Ward E, Ries LA, Wu X, Jamison PM, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Anderson RN, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2001, with a special feature regarding survival. Cancer 2004;101(1):3–27.

Stewart SL, King JB, Thompson TD, Friedman C, Wingo PA. Cancer mortality surveillance—United States, 1990–2000. MMWR 2004;53(SS03):1–108.

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group (Jamison P, Almon L, et al.). United States Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2003.

Fiscal Year 2003

Clutter GG, Hall HI, Gerlach K. Birthplace data: an important piece of the cancer puzzle. Journal of Registry Management 2002;29(4):108–116.

Hall HI, Jamison P, Fulton JP, Clutter G, Roffers S, Parrish P. Reporting cutaneous melanoma to cancer registries in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2003;49(4):624–630.

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2002.

Weir HK, Thun MJ, Hankey BF, Ries LA, Howe HL, Wingo PA, Jemal A, Ward E, Anderson RN, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2000, featuring the uses of surveillance data for cancer prevention and control. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(17):1276–1299. Review. Erratum in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003;95(21):1641.

Wingo PA, Cardinez CJ, Landis SH, Greenlee RT, Ries LAG, Anderson RN, and Thun MJ. Long-term trends in cancer mortality in the United States, 1930–1998. Cancer 2003;97(S12):3133–3275.

Wingo PA, Jamison PM, Hiatt RA, Weir HK, Gargiullo PM, Hutton M, Lee NC, and Hall HI. Building the infrastructure for nationwide cancer surveillance and control—a comparison between the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (United States). Cancer Causes and Control 2003;14(2):175–193.

Fiscal Year 2002

Edwards BK, Howe HL, Ries LA, Thun MJ, Rosenberg HM, Yancik R, Wingo PA, Jemal A, Feigal EG. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1999, featuring implications of age and aging on U.S. cancer burden. Cancer 2002;94(10):2766–2792.

Fiscal Year 2001

Howe HL, Wingo PA, Thun MJ, Ries LA, Rosenberg HM, Feigal EG, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1998, featuring cancers with recent increasing trends. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001;93(11):824–842.

Hutton MD, Simpson LD, Miller DS, Weir HK, McDavid K, Hall HI. Progress toward nationwide cancer surveillance: an evaluation of the National Program of Cancer Registries, 1994–1999. Journal of Registry Management 2001;28(3):113–120.

Wingo PA, Luke E, O'Brien K, Brogan D, Chen VW, Wu XC, Tucker T, Howe HL, Ross F, Vann S, Stewart A, Chmiel J, Sylvester J, Clive R, Shen T. Population-based patterns of care studies: collaboration among state cancer registries, the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society. Journal of Registry Management 2001;28:5–17.

Wingo PA, Parkin DM, Eyre HJ. Measuring the occurrence of cancer: impact and statistics. In Clinical Oncology, 3rd ed. Lenhard R, Brady L, Osteen R, Gansler T (eds.). American Cancer Society, Atlanta: Georgia, 2001.

Fiscal Year 2000

Ries LA, Wingo PA, Miller DS, Howe HL, Weir HK, Rosenberg HM, Vernon SW, Cronin K, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1997, with a special section on colorectal cancer. Cancer 2000;88(10):2398–2424.

Yang Q, Khoury MJ, Coughlin SS, Sun F, Flanders WD. On the use of population-based registries in the clinical validation of genetic testing for disease susceptibilities. Genetics in Medicine 2000;2(3):186–192.

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Surveillance of Primary Intracranial and Central Nervous System Tumors: Recommendations of the Brain Tumor Working Group (September, 1998)*

Wingo PA, Ries LA, Rosenberg HM, Miller DS, Edwards BK. Cancer incidence and mortality, 1973–1995: a report card for the U.S. Cancer 1998;82(6):1197–1207.

Wingo PA, Ries LA, Giovino GA, Miller DS, Rosenberg HM, Shopland DR, Thun MJ, Edwards BK. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1996, with a special section on lung cancer and tobacco smoking. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999;91(8):675–690.

Wingo PA, Ries LA, Rosenberg HM, Miller DS, Edwards BK. Cancer incidence and mortality, 1973–1995: a report card for the U.S. Cancer 1998;82(6):1197–1207.

State cancer registries: status of authorizing legislation and enabling regulations—United States, October 1993. MMWR 1994:43(4):71–75.

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