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Central Cancer Registry
The Central Cancer Registry (CCR) collects, processes, and analyzes data on all cancer cases diagnosed among North Carolina residents. All health care providers are required by law to report cases to the CCR (as in nearly all other states), but the primary data source is the hospitals of the state. The CCR supplements hospital data with reports from physicians who diagnose cases that are not seen in a hospital. Death certificates and pathology laboratory reports are used to help identify cases that are missed in the routine reporting. Duplicate reports are consolidated in the data editing process. This is primarily a cancer surveillance activity, monitoring the incidence of cancer among the various populations of the state.
Services
The data are used by
- State and county health departments to target resources for health education and screening services,
- Researchers for investigations into the causes and treatment of cancers,
- Public health advocates for focusing attention on the risk of cancer,
- The CCR staff to educate the public and provide evaluations of geographic and behavioral risk. Summary data are published on the internet and in several periodic publications.
- National organizations (CDC and NAACCR) who pool the data for national estimates of cancer incidence. These data submissions are also used to evaluate the quality of the CCR data.
Authority
The Central Cancer Registry is established by North Carolina General Statute Chapter 130A - Article 7. Its administrative rules are codified as North Carolina Administrative Code Title 10A - Chapter 47 SubChapter B.
Data and Publications
CCR Reporting Requirements
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Page Last Updated March 09, 2012
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