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Colorado Central Cancer Registry
The Colorado Central Cancer Registry is the statewide
cancer surveillance program of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The program's goal is to reduce death and illness due to cancer by informing citizens and
health professionals through statistics and reports
on incidence, treatment and survival, and deaths due to cancer.
The Registry is mandated by Colorado
law and a regulation
(pdf file) passed by the Colorado Board of
Health. It receives financial support from the Colorado State General Fund
and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (National Program
of Cancer Registries) under Cooperative Agreement U58000848. Information is collected from all Colorado hospitals, pathology labs, outpatient
clinics, physicians solely responsible for diagnosis and treatment, and state Vital
Statistics. Pertinent data is registered on all malignant tumors, except basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. All individual patient, physician, and hospital
information is confidential as required by Colorado law.
Colorado Central Cancer Registry data are
used to:
- Educate health professionals and citizens
regarding specific cancer risks
- Answer public questions about cancer statistics
- Help focus cancer control activities in the
state
- Monitor the occurrence of cancer
- Aid in research studies
- Monitor the effectiveness of treatment
- Help develop health services and screening
programs
Registry statistics are used by physicians and other
health professionals, hospital administrators and planners, the general public,
legislators, government agencies including local and county health departments,
epidemiologists, students, researchers, and the news media.
- Mailing Address:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Prevention Services Division Colorado Central Cancer Registry
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South PSD-CR-A5 Denver, CO 80246-1530
For more information
contact: 303-692-2540 or email
cdphe.pscaregistry@state.co.us
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