Cherokee Nation Cancer Registry

The problem of scarcity of quality data on cancer incidence, treatment, and survival trends for American Indians is prevalent in Oklahoma, where it is estimated that there is significant under-reporting of cancer mortality among Native Americans. In partnership with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the NCI is funding a pilot cancer registry with the goal of building an infrastructure that will be able to meet the SEER standards in case finding, patient follow-up, data processing, data reporting, and quality assurance. The target population includes all Native Americans residing in the Cherokee Nation's 14-county tribal jurisdictional service area who are eligible for health care through tribal or Indian Health Service facilities.