1973 - Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program begins, with collection of cancer incidence and survival data
1974 - CANCERLINE, a national database of published cancer research, is established
1975 - NCI's Cancer Information Service (1-800-4-CANCER) opens
1977 - First national cancer patient education program, I Can Cope, is founded
1983 - PDQ (Physician Data Query®) database goes online
1989 - The Pink Book: Making Health Communications Programs Work is first published by NCI Office of Cancer Communications
1991 - The American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) is initiated; national 5 A Day for Better Health program launches
1993 - Age-adjusted mortality estimates decline, due largely to behavior changes
1998 - Cancer is third most popular health search on the Web
2000 - Human genome completed, emphasis shifts to "tailored" interventions
2004 - Call for electronic health records in the Presidential State of the Union address; Cancer.gov redesign; Cancer.gov wins FREDDIE Award
2003 - Health Information Trends National Survey (HINTS) developed; Internet penetration reaches 63 percent; NCI funds four Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research
