Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, part I: National cancer statistics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) collaborate to provide annual updates on cancer occurrence and trends in the United States.

Methods

Incidence data were obtained from the CDC-funded and NCI-funded population-based cancer registry programs and compiled by NAACCR. Data on cancer deaths were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System. Trends in age-standardized incidence and death rates for all cancers combined and for the leading cancer types by sex, race, and ethnicity were estimated by joinpoint analysis and expressed as the annual percent change. Stage di

SUBMITTER: Cronin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033186 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature