Dr. Brenda K. Edwards, Associate Director of the Statistical Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, discusses the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, the special section on colorectal cancer rates, and the data collection process. She also outlines the system of cancer registries in the United States, and explains the difference between the SEER registries funded by the NCI and the state-based registries funded by CDC.
Keywords: NCI, National Cancer Institute, NIH, National Institutes of Health, CDC, SEER, cancer, statistics, incidence, mortality, decline, rates, breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, men, women, ACS, American Cancer Society, cancer registry, registry
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