CTR CTR Epidemiology & Cancer Statistics

Question 1

Which U.S. national program collects population-based cancer incidence and survival data from registries across the country?

Accepted Answer

SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results)

Answer

NCDB (National Cancer Database)

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CoC (Commission on Cancer)

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NPCR (National Program of Cancer Registries)

Question 2

Cancer incidence rate is calculated per how many persons in standard epidemiologic reporting?

Accepted Answer

100,000 persons

Answer

1,000 persons

Answer

10,000 persons

Answer

1,000,000 persons

Question 3

What does age-adjusted (age-standardized) cancer rate allow researchers to do?

Accepted Answer

Compare rates across populations with different age distributions

Answer

Calculate the number of new cases in one year

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Estimate a patient's individual cancer risk

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Determine the stage distribution of a cancer type

Question 4

The five-year relative survival rate compares observed survival of cancer patients to the survival of which comparison group?

Accepted Answer

A matched general population of the same age, sex, and race

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Patients with the same cancer who received no treatment

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All cancer patients in the registry regardless of type

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Hospital inpatients with chronic disease

Question 5

Which term describes the total number of persons living with a cancer diagnosis at a given point in time?

Accepted Answer

Prevalence

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Incidence

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Mortality

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Case fatality rate

Question 6

NPCR, managed by the CDC, primarily funds which type of cancer registries?

Accepted Answer

State and territorial central cancer registries

Answer

Hospital-based cancer registries only

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Veterans Affairs registries

Answer

Private insurance cancer databases