Ten Years of Progress: The
National Program of Cancer Registries (November 2002)
Highlights the historical development of the program and celebrates the collective efforts
of NPCR Program Directors and contacts, NPCR program staff, cancer surveillance partners,
and key individuals to advance statewide and national cancer monitoring.
CDC Explores Potential
Uses of HL7 for Cancer Registry Data Exchange (August 1998)
Provides a summary of the CDC hosted meeting of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) and the Health
Level 7 (HL7) organization to explore the development and understanding of a standardized
electronic data exchange protocol for use in cancer registry systems, including participants'
recommendations.
Using U.S. Cancer Registry Data: A Literature Review
Publishes a CDC-conducted literature review of data from statewide cancer registries
in the United States. The literature review identifies 293 articles representing data from 38 states and
one territory.