DevCan Software Program

Description:
The DevCan software uses lifetable methods to compute the lifetime and age-conditioned probability of developing cancer and dying of cancer in the general population. Input data for the computations include cancer incidence and mortality rates as well as all-cause mortality rates. Data sets are supplied to estimate risks of developing and dying of cancer for over 20 cancer sites by race and sex. DevCan 5 includes many new features including confidence intervals, and the ability to get risk estimates from any age to any age. The Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer Web page provides access to the DevCan software as well as links to published statistics and documentation of the methodology. In addition, the Cancer Query Systems: Probability of Developing or Dying from Cancer provides access to a database of pre-calculated statistics.

Web Site:
Statistical Research and Applications http://srab.cancer.gov/devcan/

Contact:
Dccps Surveillance Research And Applications Branch; srab@imsweb.com

This page last updated 2007-07-17 13:53:32