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Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
     1.1 NCI’s Cancer Surveillance Research Program
     1.2 The Surveillance Implementation Group
          1.2.1 Vision for the Cancer Surveillance Research Program
          1.2.2 Process of the Surveillance Implementation Group

Chapter 2: NCI’s Cancer Surveillance Research Program: Where Are We Now?
     2.1 The SEER Program
     2.2 Explaining Trends in the Cancer Burden
          2.2.1 Dimensions of the Cancer Burden
          2.2.2 Monitoring Factors that Affect the Cancer Burden
          2.2.3 The Relationship of Risk Factors, Screening, and Treatment to the Cancer Burden
          2.2.4 Why the Cancer Burden is Changing and What Can Be Done to Reduce It

Chapter 3: The Strategy: Where Do We Go From Here?
     Priority Area 1: Expand the scope of surveillance research through additional data collection and methods development
     Priority Area 2: Expand the scope of surveillance to improve the representativeness of cancer burden estimates
     Priority Area 3: Produce and disseminate a national report card on the cancer burden
     Priority Area 4: Support molecular and genetics research for surveillance
     Priority Area 5: Develop a training strategy for cancer surveillance research

Appendix A: The NCI Surveillance Implementation Group

Appendix B: Cancer Surveillance in the United States

Appendix C: Major Surveys and Databases Used by NCI’s Cancer Surveillance Research Program

Appendix D: List of Acronyms

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