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The Statistical Research and Applications Branch staff has an active research program in the area of Geographic Information Systems, the statistical analysis of
spatial and temporal patterns of cancer, and data visualization. In addition, staff consult across the Division on the analysis and presentation of
geographic data and help coordinate extramural Geographic-Based Research in Cancer Control and Epidemiology.
The Geographic Information Systems Web site has additional information on
GIS technology and NCI's uses of it.
Examples of current projects are:
- prediction of the numbers of new cancer cases for every US county and state, based on hierarchical statistical models
of cancer patterns in SEER counties;
- analysis of the spatio-temporal patterns of the age at first birth in the US and examination of the impact of these
changing patterns on breast cancer risk;
- development of the State Cancer Profiles system, Web-based dissemination of cancer and risk factor statistics primarily for
public health professionals;
- development of improved methods to explore and display spatio-temporal patterns of cancer rates and their association with
sociodemographic and behavioral factors;
- collaboration with other agencies and universities on a Digital Government Initiative NSF grant to improve the quality of
federal statistical graphics;
- improvements in methods to detect and display clusters of high cancer rates.
View publications for this area of research.
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