This webinar aims to more broadly share information on the Virtual Pooled Registry Cancer Linkage System (VPR-CLS) that was presented during the 2019 NAACCR/IACR Annual Meeting. Geared toward U.S. registries with knowledge of the VPR-CLS, the webinar will include presentations on the following: - VPR-CLS Pilot Testing and Next Steps - Status of the Templated IRB/Registry Application, Implementation of the Central IRB, and Local Context Issues - Cancer Ascertainment by U.S. Population-Based Cancer Registries, Self-Report and Death Certificates in the Nationwide U.S. Radiologic Technologist Cohort: A Preliminary Report

On behalf of NAACCR and our co-authors from ACS, CDC, and NCI, we are pleased to present a webinar on the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. This is our 21st Annual Report, and NAACCR was the lead agency. The Annual Report represents a collaborative effort by senior researchers from each major cancer surveillance organization in the United States to produce the up to date and comprehensive trends in cancer incidence and mortality. Each year we also focus on a special topic, and this year we focused on cancer among adults aged 20-49.

California is the most populated state and has the largest ethnic/racial minority population in the US. With 20% of the nation’s minority population living in the state, California has a unique population to both describe and serve in regards to cancer prevention and control. This NAACCR Talk highlights three California, minority-focused cancer research projects on Chinese Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans.

The Surveillance Research Program (SRP) at the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the National Cancer Institute provides national leadership in the science of cancer surveillance in the US, which includes analytical tools and methodological expertise in collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating reliable population-based cancer statistics. This surveillance infrastructure benefits the public, policymakers, and scientists in understanding changes in cancer incidence and outcomes in all segments of the US population over time. The objective of the webinar is to provide an overview of the breadth and scope of statistical software and tools in the areas of incidence and mortality, survival, prevalence, and geospatial methods and tools. At the completion of the webinar, audience will gain a basic understanding of the software/tools and will be able to explore in more details into specific tools that are applicable in their own work.

SEER*Stat is a powerful statistical application that is available free of charge from the US National Cancer Institute and provides a mechanism for the analysis of population-based cancer registry data. It has modules for the analysis and reporting of the four most common cancer-related metrics: incidence, survival, prevalence, and mortality.