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Donna Pillittere, SEER to Collect Data on Underrepresented Populations, JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 92, Issue 11, 7 June 2000, Page 871, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/92.11.871
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The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute will expand its population coverage by adding new areas of the United States to its surveillance portfolio at the end of this year.
The SEER program cancer incidence and survival data now come from 11 population-based cancer registries and three supplemental registries that cover approximately 14% of the U.S. population.
Brenda K. Edwards, Ph.D., associate director of NCI’s Surveillance Research Program, said a major goal of the expansion is to include people who are Hispanic, but non-Mexican, such as Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Dominicans. She said that Mexican Americans, who represent about 60% of all Hispanics, have a good representation in the program at the moment.
“The other areas where we have limited coverage are in the southeastern part of the United States, especially rural areas with African American communities,” said Edwards. “We are also targeting residents of other rural areas with high levels of poverty.”
