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National Program of Cancer Registries

A unit of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that supports the collection of high-quality data on cancer occurrence (including the type, extent, and location of the cancer), the type of initial treatment, and outcomes.

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Abstract

A unit of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that supports the collection of high-quality data on cancer occurrence (including the type, extent, and location of the cancer), the type of initial treatment, and outcomes.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • CDC-NPCR
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Program of Cancer Registries
  • NPCR
  • National Program of Cancer Registries, U.S.
  • United States National Program of Cancer Registries

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Registries (2007-2019)

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  1. I01w.409w.418w.750.600w.650w.200w.760
  2. N03w.540w.348w.500w.500.600w.650w.225w.760

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Program of Cancer Registries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079402
  2. National Program of Cancer Registries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114372381