Public Use Database Files of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program

This series contains data identifying the types and rates of cancer among population groups within the United States. Data is reported for various regions across the U.S. that maintain a population - based cancer reporting system and that contain epidemiologically significant population subgroups.

These files include data on all newly diagnosed cancers within t he selected regions and information about patient demographics, primary cancer site, morphology, diagnostic confirmation, extent of disease, first course of cancer - directed therapy, and active follow-up on surviving patients. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.