Early estimates of cancer incidence for 2015: Expanding to include estimates for white and black races.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Cancer Institute's cancer incidence estimates through 2015 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries' November 2017 submission are released in April 2018.

Methods

Early estimates (February 2017) of cancer incidence rates and trends from the SEER 18 registries for diagnoses in 2000 through 2015 were evaluated with a revised delay-adjustment model, which was used to adjust for the undercount of cases in the early release. For the first time, early estimates were produced for race (whites and blacks) along with estimates for new sites: the oral cavity and pharynx, leukemia, and myeloma.

Results

Model validation comparing delay-adjusted rates and trends through 2014 and using 2016 submissions showed good agreement. Diff

SUBMITTER: Lewis DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7505027 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature