The National Cancer Data Base Report on Cancer of the Head and Neck
Open Access
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 124 (9) , 951-962
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.124.9.951
Abstract
THE NATIONAL Cancer Data Base (NCDB) is a large sample of cancer cases accrued from hospital-based cancer registries in the United States. This database is jointly sponsored by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (COC) and the American Cancer Society. It is designed to provide descriptive information about the demographic, management, and outcome variables characterizing cancers involving all ethnic groups in all 50 states. National cancer registries have been functioning for many years in other countries. The most highly developed registries currently exist in European countries with small populations that include Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.1-6 In 1988 the United States established its national clinical cancer registry with the creation of the NCDB.7,8Keywords
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