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Revision History of the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005

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Date Revision Affected Pages
12/17/2008 The rates on table 29-1 that were labeled as diagnosis years 2004+ only included case counts from diagnosis year 2004. The rates were corrected to include diagnosis years 2004 and 2005.
This update affected the rates for "Including Group III benign brain/CNS tumors (2004+)" and all rates belonging to classification group III.
Table changed:
29-1

The table appears in the topic:
29. Childhood Cancer by the ICCC

12/17/2008 The age groups on table 21-10 in the Ovary chapter were mislabeled as ages <50 and ages 50+. The age groups are now correctly labeled as ages <65 and ages 65+ Table changed:
21-10

The table appears in the topic:
21. Ovary

10/22/2008 Added a table that defines the "Adapted Classification of Tumors in Adolescents and Young Adults".

The new table is included in the Appendix as Table A-7. The tables that were previously numbered as A-7 through A-11 are now numbered as Tables A-8 through A-12.

7/15/2008 The tables that rank state mortality rates were updated to include maps to geographically depict trends.

Maps appear under Death Rates by State tables within Sections 2 through 27.

Affected tables and maps appear in the new topic: Death Rates by State

6/26/2008 The CSR Introduction was updated to explain the increase from a maximum of 3 joinpoints per regression line analysis to 4 joinpoints per regression line analysis. Introduction

The CSR Introduction appears in the topic:

6/26/2008 The tables that show Joinpoint regression line analysis results when up to 4 Joinpoints are allowed were collected to create Section 34 of the CSR. The tables within Section 34 are still included in their appropriate cancer site sections. Section 34: Trends with up to 4 Joinpoints
6/20/2008 Additional tables were added that show Joinpoint regression line analysis results when up to 4 Joinpoints are allowed. The graphs that show Joinpoint trends lines were updated to be based on Joinpoint analyses with a maximum of 4 Joinpoints. The Joinpoint analyses previously used in the CSR allowed a maximum of 3 Joinpoints. Tables and Graphs that show Joinpoint results in Sections 1 through 28 and Section 33.
5/30/2008 The Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer chapter was released. Section 32: Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer
5/2/2008 There was a typo In the last paragraph on the first page of the Veterans Affairs Adjustment chapter. The overall cancer burden for females was underestimated by 0.05%, not 0.5%. Section 33: Veterans Affairs Adjustment
4/17/2008 Incorrect rates were displayed in the tables titled SEER INCIDENCE AND U.S. DEATH RATES, AGE-ADJUSTED AND AGE-SPECIFIC RATES, BY RACE.
  • The mortality estimates age-adjusted to the world standard were incorrect in each of the CSR sections from Section 2 through Section 27.
  • Incorrect estimates were displayed for gender specific cancer sites including : in situ breast, cervix uteri, corpus & uterus, ovary, prostate and testis.
Tables changed:
2-4, 3-4, 4-9, 5-4, 6-7, 6-8, 7-4, 8-4, 9-4, 11-4, 12-4, 13-8, 14-4, 15-7, 15-8, 16-4, 18-4, 19-4, 20-4A, 21-4, 22-4, 23-4, 24-4, 25-4, 26-4, 27-4

Tables appear in the each section from Section 2 through Section 27.