NCI SEER public-use data: applications and limitations in oncology research.

James B. Yu, Cary P. Gross, Lynn D. Wilson, Benjamin D. Smith

PubMed · 2009 · 236 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) collects cancer survival and incidence information from population-based cancer registries, encompassing 26% of the US population.[1]