Cancer data is often available in reports, public data files, and slide decks, but these methods for disseminating data are not interactive, user-friendly, or visually appealing. While data visualizations are available from national cancer organizations, the Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) decided that creating a tool tailored to the needs of Louisiana would be a valuable contribution to the dissemination and use of its cancer registry data. Thus, the LTR collaborated with a data visualization specialist to create a user-friendly portal for Louisiana cancer data. The objective of this webinar is to describe the experience of developing an effective data visualization from the perspective of both the data visualization specialist and the state cancer registry.

The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 created an unprecedented mixture of hazardous materials including known and suspected carcinogens including, but not limited to, asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and dioxins. Three research centers that follow cohorts of rescue/recovery workers since the WTC disaster include: the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY); the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS); and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). These centers have reported mostly non-significantly elevated cancer rates post-exposure to the WTC-site. Challenges of determining the causal relationship between WTC exposure and cancer in rescue/recovery workers include: lack of individual-level exposure data for specific chemicals, different exposure ascertainment methodologies for the three cohorts, loss to follow-up, inadequate power for cohort-specific analyses, demographic heterogeneity between the cohorts, and the lack of a viable comparison cohort.

During this webinar, presenters will introduce, review, demo and/or discuss: 1. Alias Tables for improving data quality and reducing the burden of manual matches 2. Micro Match Status-a new variable describing the quality of a geocoding match 3. Advanced Search options including "Exhaustive Search," "Uncertainty Hierarchy," and "Limit Minimum Match Score" 4. New NAACCR Manual Geocoding Interface (Beta version) 5. Operations: how to interpret long/lat precision, which census years to append This webinar is relevant to all users of the NAACCR Geocoder including those accessing via the NAACCR Webpage or API, such as SEER*DMS users.

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.