Improving Central Cancer Registry Surveillance through Interstate Data Exchange of Electronic Pathology Reports.

When a cancer case is diagnosed or treated in one US state, but the patient resides in another, the case report abstract is shared with the central cancer registry in the state of residence through interstate data exchange. However, the records shared may not include pathology reports. Cases diagnosed in another state that would be ascertained only from pathology reports may thus be missed.

Cancer incidence in Montana: rates for American Indians exceed those for whites.

Objectives: Previous studies suggested that the cancer incidence rates in American Indians and Alaska Natives were lower than in other groups. The objective of this study was to compare the cancer incidence rates in American Indians and whites in Montana.

Methods: Age-adjusted 6-year cancer incidence rates were calculated for American-Indian and white men and women in Montana to allow comparison of rates in 1991-1996 to those in 1997-2002.