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Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program and population-based research in urologic oncology: An overview

  • Emil Scosyrev
  • , James Messing
  • , Katia Noyes
  • , Peter Veazie
  • , Edward Messing

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Abstract

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program is a commonly used data source in cancer research. This article provides an introduction to the SEER database, describes important data items available from SEER on the most commonly diagnosed urologic malignancies (prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers), and reviews limitations of SEER data for urologic oncology research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)126-132
Number of pages7
JournalUrologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Bladder cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • SEER

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