© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 12, 1004,
June 16, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Cancer Surveillance Series: Inauguration
Affiliations of authors: B. K. Rimer (Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences), J. F. Fraumeni, Jr. (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Correspondence to: Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H., National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Rm. 242, Bethesda, MD 20892.
For several decades, a vital mission of the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) has been to measure the national burden of cancer
through incidence, morbidity, mortality, and survival statistics and to
evaluate the impact of cancer-related risk factors, health behaviors,
and health services on the trends observed. The unprecedented advances
in computer and information technology, with the attendant expansion in
statistical methodologies and national and
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