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Cancer Surveillance and Epidemiology in the United States and Puerto Rico, 1973-1977

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Principal Investigator(s): National Cancer Institute

Summary: This dataset was produced as part of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program to monitor the incidence of cancer and cancer survival rates in the United States, thus carrying out the mandates of the National Cancer Act. The SEER Program had several objectives: to estimate the annual cancer incidence in the United States, to examine trends in cancer patient survival, to identify cancer etiologic factors, and to monitor trends in the incidence of cancer in selec... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08001.v2

Access Notes

  • This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

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