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Cancer Registry Cancer registries collect cancer data in the United States. The registries show new cancer cases and death rates. Registries identify people who have gotten care at hospitals or other medical care settings. The information helps guide cancer prevention and control programs. The United States has cancer surveillance programs that help collect information on cancer. The National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) is a program of hospital registries of the Commission of Cancer and by the American Cancer Society. It’s a clinical oncology database getting sources from hospital registry data that are collected from the Commission on Cancer accredited facilities. The data is used to analyze and track patients with cancer, treatments, and outcomes. The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute is a large population based registry. Information is collected from certain areas of the U.S. population. The information that is collected is new cases of cancer, survival, and number of people living with cancer during a time period. New cancer cases and cancer related death’s data from the entire United States from the National Cancer for Health Statistics are annually analyzed and published in the SEER cancer statistics review. Population based cancer registries are supported by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Data is collected through state populations. CDC provides funds to states to improve cancer registries, set up registries that don’t exist, enhance success of registry operations, have standards for completeness, timeliness, and quality, provide staff with the proper training, have computerized reporting and a data processing system. Cancer registries in the state are computerized and have Cancer Registry public use. Cancer is monitored, patterns of cancer in different groups of people, cancer control programs, research, and provides information of cancer for a national data base. Information on all cancer cases in Maine are collected for The CDC Maine Cancer registry. The Cancer Registry contains reports that provide the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Maine. The information collected in the Maine Cancer Registry is based on the 2012 cancer incidence and mortality data and was published May 2016. During 2012, Maine had several new cancer cases. The types of cancer that are included are tobacco-related (excluding lung) with the total 2,401 cases, lung and bronchus with the total 1,359 cases , female breast with the total of 1,109 cases, male prostate with the total of 860 cases, colon and rectum with the total of 662 cases, urinary bladder with the total of 488 cases, melanoma with the total of 409 cases, non-Hodgkin lymphoma with the total of 334 cases, corpus uteri with the total of 307 cases, kidney and renal pelvis with the total of 275 cases, leukemia with a total of 265 cases, oral cavity and pharynx with a total of 236 cases, thyroid with a total of 209 cases, brain and other nervous system with a total of 120 cases, esophagus with the total of 118 cases, myeloma with the total of 111 cases, liver and intrahepatic bile duct with the total of 98 cases, ovary with the total of 91 cases, larynx with the total of 76 cases, Hodgkin lymphoma with the total of 44 cases, testis with the total of 37 cases, mesothelioma with the total of 34 cases, and cervix uteri with the total of 31 cases. In 2012 Maine had a total of 8,417 all new cancer cases. The Maine Cancer Registry (MCR) supervises cancer statewide. Cancer registration begins with casefinding, or identifying patients with cancer. Information collected in the MCR are Cancer Registry newly diagnosed cancers in Maine residents. All hospitals, health care facilities, physicians, and other providers who diagnose or treat cancer patients are required by law to report new cases to the MCR. Information that is collected includes age, sex, race, residence, occupation, which body part is the cancer located, how far has it spread, and treatment. The information collected is used to monitor and evaluate cancer incidence in Maine. Information will be used to have a better understanding of cancer, improve cancer prevention, treatment, control, and identify areas in need of public health interventions. Staff that are specifically trained to do the quality assurance work spend a lot of time on making sure the information is complete and accurate through the MCR. All personal information in confidential by requirements of federal and state law. The types of data use for the Maine Cancer Registry are annual report, summary data reports, identifiable data for research, local concerns about rates, and data submissions. The annual report is used to answer the publics questions. The data users are public health organizations, other state agencies, legislators, hospitals, universities, health insurance companies, and private citizens. The summary data reports are used for response to requests for aggregated data. The users are comprehensive cancer planning initiatives, hospitals, universities, students, and state agencies. Identifiable data for research are used for cancer researchers and are used by researchers and planners. Cancer Registry Local concerns about rates are used for investigation about cancer rates and are used by state agencies, towns, and industries. Data submissions are used for larger collaborative efforts. The users are North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, National Program of Cancer Registries, and Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States. The MCR’s data is used to analyze treatment results, evaluate the quality of care, and to educate medical staff. Maine’s leading cause of death is cancer. Deaths could be prevented through early detection. Data from the MCR can be used to learn more about the causes of cancer, how to prevent it, early detection for a better chance for a cure, concerns about higher rates of cancer can be investigated further. Cancer Registry Division Of Public Health Systems Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention A Division of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services American College of Surgeons Cancer Programs. National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). Accessed at www.facs.org/cancer/ncdb/index.html on March 19, 2014. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). Accessed at www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/about.htm on March 20, 2014. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division Of Public Health Systems Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention A Division of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results. Accessed at http://seer.cancer.gov/index.html on March 20, 2014. National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results. SEER training modules: Cancer Registration. Accessed at http://training.seer.cancer.gov/registration/ on March 20, 2014 http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/public-health-systems/data-research/vitalrecords/mcr/reports/index.htm