SEER Monographs

Each SEER Monograph focuses on a specific topic. Recent monographs include:
  • 2008
    • An Update on Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004
  • 2007
    • Selected Comparisons of Measures of Health Disparities: A Review Using Databases Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives
    • SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics
  • 2006
    • Cancer Epidemiology in Older Adolescents and Young Adults 15 to 29 Years of Age, Including SEER Incidence and Survival: 1975-2000
    • Cancer Incidence in Four Member Countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan) of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) Compared with US SEER
New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors: SEER Cancer Registries, 1973-2000
Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
Time frame: (as of June, 2010) Publications from 1996-2008 listing data from 1973-2004
Availabe at: http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/monographs.html
  • 2008
    • An Update on Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004
      • Provides a comprehensive description of the cancer burden in the American Indian/ Alaska Native population in the United States.
  • 2007 
    • Selected Comparisons of Measures of Health Disparities: A Review Using Databases Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives
      • Provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities.
    • SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics
      • Examines cancer survival by patient and tumor characteristics for over 1.6 million adult cancers diagnosed during the period 1988-2001.
  • 2006 
    • Cancer Epidemiology in Older Adolescents and Young Adults 15 to 29 Years of Age, Including SEER Incidence and Survival: 1975-2000
      • Gathers population-based incidence, mortality, and survival data specific to cancers that occur in the adolescents and young adults, along with epidemiological data and risk factors for the development of age-specific cancers.
    • Cancer Incidence in Four Member Countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan) of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) Compared with US SEER
      • Presents information about cancer incidence for populations in Cyprus, Egypt (Gharbiah Region), Israel (Jews and Arabs), and Jordan for the period 1996-2001.
    • New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors: SEER Cancer Registries, 1973-2000
      • Reports on the risk of new malignancies that have arisen among more than 2 million SEER cancer survivors for the period 1973 to 2000.
  • 2005
    • Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: A Review Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives
      • Provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities.
  • 2003
    • Area Socioeconomic Variations in US Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Stage, Treatment, and Survival, 1975–1999
      • Analyzes area socioeconomic differentials and trends for all cancers combined and for six major cancers (lung, colon/rectum, prostate, breast, uterine cervix, and melanoma of the skin).
    • SEER Landmark Studies
      • Highlights SEER's many scientific contributions over its 30-year history through a number of landmark studies in surveillance, epidemiology, and end results.
    • US Predicted Cancer Incidence, 1999: Complete Maps by County and State from Spatial Projection Models
      • Presents results computed by a spatial projection model that predicts the number of cases in each county based on the sociodemographic and lifestyle profile for that county.
  • 1999
    • Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents, 1975-1995
      • A compendium of statistical trends and risk factors associated with childhood cancers. It is intended to aid researchers in the search for answers about these rare cancers.
    • Prostate Cancer Trends, 1973-1995
      • Provides the most detailed information available on the demographic and clinical features of prostate cancer in the United States.
  • 1996
    • Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992
      • Provides a concise description of the occurrences of the major cancers among different racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

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