Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Describe the
role and significance of the NCI Surveillance and End Results (SEER) Program. Discuss the …

The authors provide an overview of methods for summarizing social disparities in health
using the example of lung cancer. They apply four measures of relative disparity and three …

Increased attention to human papillomavirus (HPV)‐associated cancers in light of the recent
release of an HPV vaccine, as well as increased availability of cancer registry data that now …

The annual SEER Cancer Statistics Review (CSR) contains incidence, mortality, prevalence,
and survival statistics from 1975 through the most recent year for which data are available. …

Purpose Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer mortality
worldwide. Incidence rates are increasing in the United States. Monitoring incidence, survival, …

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Discuss the
evolving changes in the following cancer-related measures: median age at diagnosis, incidence …

Background— The comparative safety of dabigatran versus warfarin for treatment of
nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in general practice settings has not been established. Methods and …

Background Population-based cancer registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology,
and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are mainly based on …

Background: Most epidemiologic studies of the relationship between alcohol consumption
and breast cancer risk over the past decade have shown that persons who consume a …

Background Accurate estimates of cancer survival are important for assessing optimal patient
care and prognosis. Evaluation of these estimates via relative survival (a ratio of observed …