Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Incident Cases Captured in the National Cancer Database Compared with Those in U.S. Population Based Central Cancer Registries in 2012–2014

  • Health Services Research and Global Oncology
  • Published:
Annals of Surgical Oncology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Background

The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is a hospital-based cancer registry that includes diagnostic, staging, treatment, and outcomes data for newly diagnosed cancer patients in the United States. The NCDB data include 31 million records for patients diagnosed between 1985–2015. A Participant User File based on a subset of these data has been available to researchers at facilities accredited by the Commission on Cancer since 2010. This study aimed to compare the number of incident cancer cases in the NCDB with a national population cancer registry.

Methods

Incident cancer cases in the NCDB in 2012–2014 were compared with the number of cancer cases in the United States Cancer Statistics data for the 2012–2014 diagnosis years. Comparisons were made by primary site and other factors.

Results

In 2012–2014, the NCDB captured 72% of the cancer cases in the United States, which was slightly higher than the 67% and 69% reported respectively in two prior assessments. Among the top 10 major cancer sites, the highest coverage (80%) was found for breast cancer, and the lowest was found for melanoma of the skin (52%) and prostate (58%). Colon, bladder, and kidney and renal pelvis cancers had relatively high coverage of 71%, 70% and 78%, respectively, whereas lung and bronchus had slightly lower coverage (65%).

Conclusions

The NCDB coverage of U.S. cancer cases has remained relatively high (72%), but differences remain by cancer site and other factors that should be taken into account by users of the NCDB data.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Steele GD, Winchester DP, Menck, HR. The National Cancer Data Base. Cancer. 1994;73:499–504.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. American College of Surgeons. National Cancer Database. Retrieved 11 July 2018 at https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/ncdb.

  3. Bilimoria K, Stewart AK, Winchester DP, Ko, CY. The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008;15:683–90.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Lerro CC, Robbins AS, Phillips JL, Stewart AK. Comparison of cases captured in the National Cancer Data Base with those in population-based Central Cancer Registries. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013;20:1759–65.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2014 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018 at www.cdc.gov/uscs.

  6. National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, epidemiology, end results program. Site Recode. Retrieved 30 May 2018 at https://seer.cancer.gov/siterecode/.

  7. Health Resources and Services Administration Data Warehouse. Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW). National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA). Area Health Resources Files. State and National Level Data. Retrieved 2 May 2018 at https://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/data/datadownload.aspx.

  8. United States Census Bureau. U.S. Department of Commerce. The American Indian and Alaska Native Population 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2018 at https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-10.pdf.

  9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. United States Cancer Statistics USCS. Interpreting Race and Ethnicity in Cancer Data. Retrieved 31 May 2018 at https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/technical_notes/interpreting/race.htm.

  10. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. State Health Facts. Population distribution by race/ethnicity. Retrieved 30 May 2018 at https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/distribution-by-raceethnicity/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D.

  11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. United States Cancer Statistics. USCS Publication Criteria. Retrieved 31 May 2018 at https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/technical_notes/criteria.htm.

  12. American College of Surgeons. Quality Programs. National Cancer Database. Participant User Files. Retrieved 1 June 2018 at https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/ncdb/puf.

Download references

Acknowledgment

The USCS data were provided by central cancer registries participating in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and/or NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program and submitted to CDC and NCI in November, 2016. Reda Wilson from the CDC provided useful comments and feedback.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Cancer Database, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA

    Katherine Mallin PhD, Amanda Browner MS, Bryan Palis MA, Greer Gay PhD & Ryan McCabe PhD

  2. American Cancer Society, Atlanta, USA

    Leticia Nogueira PhD & Robin Yabroff PhD

  3. Abramson Cancer Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Lawrence Shulman MD, FACP, FASCO

  4. Thoracic Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, USA

    Matthew Facktor MD, FACS

  5. Cancer Programs, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA

    David P. Winchester MD, FACS & Heidi Nelson MD, FACS

Authors
  1. Katherine Mallin PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Amanda Browner MS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Bryan Palis MA
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Greer Gay PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Ryan McCabe PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Leticia Nogueira PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Robin Yabroff PhD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Lawrence Shulman MD, FACP, FASCO
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Matthew Facktor MD, FACS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. David P. Winchester MD, FACS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Heidi Nelson MD, FACS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Katherine Mallin PhD.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Mallin, K., Browner, A., Palis, B. et al. Incident Cases Captured in the National Cancer Database Compared with Those in U.S. Population Based Central Cancer Registries in 2012–2014. Ann Surg Oncol 26, 1604–1612 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07213-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07213-1

Search

Navigation