Letter S

State cancer registry

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>Monitor cancer trends over time.

>Determine cancer patterns in various populations.

>Guide planning and evaluation of cancer control programs (eg, determine whether prevention, screening, and treatment efforts are making a difference).

>Help set priorities for allocating health resources.

>Advance clinical, epidemiologic, and health services research.

>Provide information for a national database of cancer incidence.</LI></UL> The state cancer registries in the US, taken all together, provide key cancer data of national importance.

See also:href='/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33284'>National Program of Cancer Registries</A> (NPCR).

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