Surveillance Research Program
Cancer surveillance provides a quantitative portrait of cancer and its determinants in a defined population. The core functions of cancer surveillance are the measurement of cancer incidence, morbidity, survival, and mortality for persons with cancer.
Annual Report to the Nation
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer is an update of rates for new cases and deaths as well as trends for the most common cancers in the United States.
Read the ReportCancer Trends Progress Report
Includes key measures of progress along the cancer control continuum and uses national trend data to illustrate where improvements have been made.
Visit the CTPR WebsiteSEER*Explorer
An interactive website that provides detailed statistics for a cancer site by gender, race, calendar year, age, and for a selected number of cancer sites, by stage and histology.
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Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
SEER is an authoritative source for cancer statistics in the United States.
It provides information on cancer statistics in an effort to reduce the cancer burden among the U.S. population. SEER is supported by the Surveillance Research Program (SRP) in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS).
What's New
National Childhood Cancer Registry
Released: July 28, 2021
Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer
Part I: Overall Cancer Statistics
Updated: July 8, 2021
SEER 1975-2018 Cancer Data Available
Includes the release of new statistics and updated software.
Updated: April 15, 2021
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Visit the Contact PageToward Precision Cancer Surveillance Blog
Updates about initiatives that the Surveillance Research Program (SRP) is spearheading to bring the nation closer to a complete and detailed understanding of the cancer burden.
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