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A cancer registry collects information about cancer patients and the treatments they receive.
Nov. 26, 2024
About the National Program of Cancer Registries
The program supports central cancer registries and produces United States Cancer Statistics.
Dec. 31, 2024
United States Cancer Statistics (USCS)
The United States Cancer Statistics are the official federal cancer statistics.
June 26, 2024
This page links to contact information for NPCR-funded central cancer registries.
Dec. 9, 2024
Features
Cancer registries across the country share innovative ways they use data to help reduce cancer.
Dec. 31, 2024
Tracking Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Cases
CDC’s Childhood Cancer STAR Project helps report data about childhood cancers faster.
Dec. 31, 2024
NPCR is moving data from outdated computer systems to modern cloud-based systems.
Sept. 13, 2023
For registries
Registry Plus is a suite of free software for collecting and processing cancer registry data.
Nov. 14, 2024
Controlling access to data helps ensure privacy and is required by federal regulations.
Nov. 8, 2024
NPCR–EDITS tools improve data quality by standardizing the way data are checked for validity.
Cancer Surveillance Cloud-Based Computing Platform
The system will allow cancer registries to collect, edit, and store cancer data more efficiently.
Natural Language Processing for Cancer Surveillance
CDC is using natural language processing to identify reportable cancer cases from narrative text.
All registries funded by CDC are expected to meet established standards.
Exchange Plus reads and writes files formatted according to the NAACCR XML Data Exchange Standard.