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Cancer

     
 
Cancer
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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases in which abnormal cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is not just one disease but many different diseases, with more than 100 different types. Cancer is one of the most common chronic diseases in United States, second only to heart disease as the leading cause of death.

 

Cancer Indicators Available on the Tracking Network

These indicators provide cancer surveillance data. Cancer surveillance is the most well-established and extensive disease surveillance network in the United States. Centralized cancer registries in the United States conduct population-based surveillance of cancer incidence and mortality. Cancer-incidence data are collected by state health departments, which are funded by the National Program of Cancer Registries and the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program. Cancer-mortality data are published by the National Center for Health Statistics.

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Incidence of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Incidence of Bladder Cancer

Incidence of Brain and Other Nervous Systems Cancers

Incidence of Breast Cancer (Females Only)

Incidence of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Incidence of Leukemia

Incidence of Lung and Bronchus Cancers

Incidence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Incidence of Thyroid Cancers


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Childhood Cancer Indicators Available on the Tracking Network

Additional indicators are available for childhood cancers.

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Incidence of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in children

Incidence of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Incidence of Brain and Central Nervous Systems Cancers

Incidence of Leukemia


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