Figure
6.
Surveillance
Activities of National Coordinating Council for Cancer Surveillance (NCCCS)
Member Organizations
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Characteristic |
Organization |
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American Cancer Society (ACS) |
American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer (COC) |
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) |
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) |
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) |
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
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Type of Organization |
Voluntary |
Professional |
Government |
Government |
Government |
Professional |
Professional |
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Primary Cancer Surveillance Functions |
Communication, education, and research; various collaborations with the ACoS |
Education, accreditation, and support to clinicians and hospital registrars; patient care evaluation |
Case registration; followup and survival; research |
Case registration; cancer control research; state and school-based health surveys |
Death registration/vital statistics; national health surveys |
Education and support to registrars |
Education and support to population-based registries |
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Data Program |
NA |
National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program |
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR); Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) |
Vital Statistics; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); others |
NA |
Cancer in North America (CINA) |
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Sources of Data |
Population-based surveys and cancer registries; NCHS |
Hospital cancer registries |
Population-based cancer registries |
Population-based cancer registries; surveys |
Death certificates; surveys |
NA |
Population-based cancer registries |
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Types of Data Reported |
Annual forecasts of new cancer cases and deaths; descriptive statistics on cancer patient care and outcomes |
Descriptive statistics regarding cancer patient care and outcomes |
Incidence rates, mortality rates, survival, prevalence estimates, quality indicators |
Incidence rates, number of cancer cases, death rates, prevalence estimates, health practices and behaviors |
Death rates, number of cancer deaths, health practices and behaviors |
NA |
Incidence rates, number of cancer cases, mortality rates, number of deaths, data quality indicators |
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