Technical Reports

Report Number (PDF)* Suggested Citation
TO-P2 (PDF, 1.2 MB) Will Howe et al. Evaluating the Performance of Privacy Preserving Record Linkage Systems (PPRLS). Cancer Moonshot Task Order Phase 2, prepared by Information for Management Services (IMS) for the National Cancer Institute, March 27, 2023. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/
TO-P1 (PDF, 1.4 MB) Jesse Aronson et al. Landscape Analysis of Privacy Preserving Patient Record Linkage Software (P3RLS) Final Report. Cancer Moonshot Task Order Phase I, prepared by Synectics for the National Cancer Institute, August 15, 2019. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/
2020-01 (PDF, 231 KB)

Liu B. Fay’s Variance Estimation Method for Combining Multiple TUS-CPS Data. Surveillance Research Program, NCI, Technical Report #2020-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/

2018-01 (PDF, 674 KB)

Chen HS, Liu B, Cucinelli J. Detecting outliers with sample size adjustment in the SEER Box Plot Outlier Tool. Surveillance Research Program, NCI, Technical Report #2018-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/

2015-01 (PDF, 404 KB)

Ries LAG, Edwards BK. Data Nuances – Tips in analyzing Collaborative Stage (CS) data with a focus on CS version 2 for data 2010+ (November 2012 and 2013 SEER data submissions). Surveillance Research Program, NCI, Technical Report #2015-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/

This report is a technical appendix to the articles published in a supplement to Cancer (https://seer.cancer.gov/publications/collabstaging/).

2014-01 (PDF, 1.0 MB) Chen HS, Zou J, Midthune D, Krapcho M, Scoppa S, Feuer EJ. Variance of Delay-adjusted Age-adjusted Rates. Surveillance Research Program, NCI, Technical Report #2014-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2013-02 (PDF, 163 KB) Cronin KA, Miglioretti DL, Krapcho M, Yu B, Geller BM, Carney PA, Onega T, Feuer EJ, Breen N, Ballard-Barbash R. Appendix - CEBP Focus on Cancer Surveillance: Bias Associated With Self-Report of Prior Screening Mammography. Surveillance Research Program, NCI, Technical Report #2013-02. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2013-01 (PDF, 1.3 MB) Xiong X, Hankey BF. Projecting Health Status Adjusted Age to Younger Ages as a Function of Comorbidity Score and Age at Diagnosis for the Cancer Survival Query System. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Technical Report #2013-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.

Appendix I - Projecting Health Status Adjusted Age to Younger Ages (XLS) (XLSX, 1.2 MB)

2012-02 (PDF, 857 KB) National Cancer Institute Cancer Counts Prediction Workgroup. Technical Details of Predicting US and State-Level Cancer Counts for the Current Calendar Year. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute; 2012. Technical Report #2012-02. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2012-01 (PDF, 3.0 MB) Feuer EJ, Lee M, Scoppa S, Hachey MS, Zou Z, Campbell D, Hankey BF. Technical Report on the Cancer Survival Query System. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute; 2012. Technical Report #2012-01 [updated 2012 Oct 15]. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2011-01 (PDF, 638 KB) Cho H, Howlader N, Mariotto AB, Cronin KA. Estimating relative survival for cancer patients from the SEER Program using expected rates based on Ederer I versus Ederer II method. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute; 2011. Technical Report #2011-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2009-02 (PDF, 1024 KB) Dunn M, Zou J. AAPC for the Joinpoint Connect-the-Dots Scenario. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2009. Technical Report #2009-02. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2009-01 (PDF, 541 KB) Zou J, Huang L, Midthune D, Horner MJ, Krapcho M, Feuer EJ. Effect of reporting year on delay modeling. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2009. Technical Report #2009-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2008-01 (PDF, 154 KB) Mariotto A, De Angelis R. The Method to Estimate Breast Cancer Prevalence at State Level: 2005-2015. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2008. Technical Report #2008-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2007-02 (PDF, 1.6 MB) Yu B, Huang L, Tiwari RC, Johnson KA, Feuer EJ. Modeling Population-Based Cancer Survival Trends Using Joinpoint Survival Models. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2007. Technical Report #2007-02. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2003-05 (PDF, 879 KB) Boer R, Ries L, van Ballegooijen M, Feuer E, Legler J, Habbema D. Ambiguities In Calculating Cancer Patient Survival: The SEER Experience for Colorectal and Prostate Cancer. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2003. Technical Report #2003-05. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2003-04 (PDF, 357 KB) Cronin K, Feuer E, Wesley M, Mariotto A, Scoppa S, Green D. Current Estimates for 5 and 10 Year Relative Survival. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2003. Technical Report #2003-04. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.
2003-03
2003-03-A
This technical report has been published in updated form as:

Fay MP. Estimating age conditional probability of developing disease from surveillance data. Popul Health Metr 2004 Jul 27;2(1):6. [http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/2/1/6External Website Policy]

The older versions are still available:
2003-03 (PDF, 792 KB)
2003-03-A (PDF, 613 KB)

2003-02-A (PDF, 258 KB) The technical report has been updated and corrected as:

Cronin K, Mariotto A, Scoppa S, Green D, Clegg L. Differences Between Brenner et al. and NCI Methods for Calculating Period Survival. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2003. Technical Report #2003-02-A. Available from: http://surveillancecancer.gov/reports/.

The older version is still available:
2003-02 (PDF, 504 KB)

2002-01 (PDF, 898 KB) Fay MP, Pfeiffer R, Cronin KA, Le C, and Feuer EJ. Comparison of Two Methods for Calculating Age-Conditional Probabilities of Developing Cancer. Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute; 2002. Technical Report #2002-01. Available from: https://surveillance.cancer.gov/reports/.

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Last Updated: 14 Aug, 2023