Research Projects at the Utah Cancer Registry
Patterns of Care Study - Patients Diagnosed with Cancer in 2007
September 30, 2008 - September 29, 2009
Over the past decade, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has examined issues relating to quality of care through a series of projects, collectively referred to as the Patterns of Care (POC) Studies. POC studies have been conducted by selected registries in NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. These studies were designed to verify the use of radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy in the treatment of cancer patients.
To date, the Utah Cancer Registry has participated in 12 POC studies from calendar years 1992-2007 (diagnosis years 1991-2006). The present POC study will focus on adult (aged 20 years and older) with small cell lung cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, and hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed between January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007.
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Race, Comorbidity, and Long Term Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS) was initiated in 1994 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to evaluate patterns of care, clinical, and and patient-reported outcomes in prostate cancer. This current study seeks to characterize long term (10-15 year) clinical outcomes, including biochemical recurrence (prostate-specific antigen), clinical disease progression, use of secondary cancer therapies and the onset or worsening of co-morbid illnesses and/or skeletal related events in a population-based cohort of prostate cancer survivors.
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Continuing to Improve the Surveillance of Lymphoid Malignancies
September 30, 2007 - September 29, 2009
Investigators at the Utah Cancer Registry were funded to collaborate with investigators at the Northern California Cancer Center in a feasibility study of lymphoid malignancies. The overall goal of the study is to assess the availability of clinical, pathological, and other biological characteristics in medical records and/or pathology reports. Information obtained from this study may be used to evaluate the ability of SEER registries to collect these characteristics on a routine basis, and facilitate new coding rules for lymphoid malignancies based on international recommendations.
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Trends in Cancer Incidence by Single Year of Age among the Oldest Old (85+) Poulation: 1973-2005
September 20, 2007 - September 29, 2009
Investigators at the Utach Cancer Registry were funded to collaborate with investigators at the Northern California Cancer Center (NCCC) to characterize cancer incidence among indvidiauls aged 85 and older. To do so, NCCC investigators will generate annual intercensal estimates of the population 85 years of age or older by single year of age and sex for the period 1970-2005 for California and Utah. The Utah 1992-2002 estimates will be compared to population counts and rates derived from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) denominators. This comparison should allow investigators to assess the relative accuracy of the intercensal estimation process in a smaller population that is demographically younger and less ethincally diverse. Data from the CMS will also allow investigators to compare trends in cancer to other diseases among the aged.
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
