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SEER Reports and Monographs (see Statistical Publications for additional materials)

[T-095] Pub. No. 07-6281 (limit 1) This report uses case studies to analyze the performance and appropriateness of various potential measures of health disparities. It presents results from 22 separate analyses in 10 case studies and includes assessments of socioeconomic, race, ethnic, and geographic disparities in a range of cancer-related outcomes, such as mortality, incidence, risk factors, and screening.
[T-098] Pub. No. 07-6215 (limit 3) This monograph examines cancer survival by patient and tumor characteristics for over 1.6 million adult cancers diagnosed during the period 1988-2001. Survival data are from NCI’s SEER Program and represent cancer in approximately one-fourth of the U.S. population. The patient and tumor characteristics shown vary by cancer site. The tumor characteristics may include subsite, size of tumor, extension of the tumor, lymph nodes positive, distant metastases, and histologic type. This publication is also available in PDF.
[T-070] Pub. No. 05-5302 (limit 20) This monograph reports on the risk of new malignancies that have arisen among more than 2 million SEER cancer survivors for the period 1973 to 2000. Risks of subsequent cancers are evaluated for more than 50 adult and 18 childhood tumors, by gender, age at diagnosis of the initial cancer, and time since diagnosis, as well as the initial treatment and histologic type of certain cancers. This publication is also available in PDF.
[M-001] Pub. No. 06-5767 (limit 1) This monograph was developed to gather population-based incidence, mortality, and survival data specific to cancers that occur in the adolescents and young adults, along with epidemiological data and risk factors for the development of age-specific cancers. This publication is also available in PDF.

Please note that Table 8.1, Figures 9.4, 9.8, 9.9, 13.5, 14.6, 14.10, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15 and relevant text have been updated on the on-line version only. Please download the appropriate updates from the on-line version. We apologize for the inconvenience.
[P-071] Pub. No. 06-5873 (limit 3) The monograph presents information about cancer incidence for populations in Cyprus, Egypt (Gharbiah Region), Israel (Jews and Arabs), and Jordan for the period 1996-2001. The MECC findings are compared with those from the US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. This publication is also available in PDF.
[T-074] Pub. No. 05-5777 (limit 1) This monograph provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities. Several national and state level datasets that include information related to cancer data will provide analytic examples to inform discussion of and selection among various measures of health disparities for monitoring of Healthy People 2010 cancer-related health disparities. This publication is also available in PDF.
[T-823] Pub. No. 03-5417 (limit 1) This monograph analyzes area socioeconomic differentials and trends in incidence, mortality, stage of disease, treatment, and survival for all cancers combined and for six major cancers (lung, colon/rectum, prostate, breast, uterine cervix, and melanoma of the skin) by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States. This publication is also available in PDF.
[No. T-506] Pub. No. 99-4649 A compendium of statistical trends and risk factors associated with childhood cancers is contained in this National Cancer Institute (NCI) monograph. It is intended to aid researchers in the search for answers about these rare cancers. This publication is also available in PDF.
[No. T-474] Pub. No. 99-4543 This monograph provides the most detailed information available on the demographic and clinical features of prostate cancer in the United States. This publication is also available in PDF.

Coding Manuals (see Information for Cancer Registrars for additional materials)

[No. Q-019] (limit 1) This is an update of the SEER Program Coding Manual that replaces the 2007 manual. Appendix C includes detailed site-specific modules and revisions to the 2007 Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules to aid the registrar during case abstracting. This manual includes all 2008 updates. Use this manual for cases diagnosed January 1, 2007 and after. Download Instructions for Using the SEER CD Manual (PDF). This publication is also available in PDF at Historical Staging and Coding Manuals.

SEER Self Instructional Manuals for Tumor Registrars (see Information for Cancer Registrars for additional materials)

[#Q004] (limit 1) A collection of instructional manuals in PDF format, with capabilities consisting of, the ability to content search, take notes and where applicable, test taking. Publications on this CD-ROM, consists of:
  1. User Guide (Please read prior to using this tool, and print for future reference.)
  2. SEER Book One
  3. SEER Book Two
  4. SEER Book Three
  5. SEER Book Four
  6. SEER Book Five
  7. SEER Summary Staging Manual
  8. SEER Summary Staging Manual 2000
  9. SEER Book Seven
  10. SEER Book Eight

Each publication listed is also available for download in PDF. Descriptions of the manuals are also provided.

ICD Conversion Manuals (see Conversion Programs for additional materials)

[No. T168, T169] Pub. No. 92-3331 The conversion tables are from ICD-O-1 and the Field Trial editions to ICD-O-2. These tables are divided into topography and morphology.
[No. T055] Pub. No. 95-4001 This conversion was developed to convert or compare the Neoplasms Section (Chapter 11) of the International Classification of Diseases, 1975, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, (ICD-9-CM) to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, (ICD-10).
[No. T300] Pub. No. 96-4001 This conversion was developed to convert or compare the Neoplasm section (Chapter II) of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) to the International Classification of Disease, 1975, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, (ICD-9-CM).
[No. T144] Pub. No. 98-3239 This conversion has been prepared to help those who wish to compare or convert diagnoses coded according to ICD-O-2 with diagnoses coded according to the ICD-10 Neoplasms.