Harnessing the Power of Cancer Registries to Advance Our Understanding of Pediatric Cancer.

Abstract

In 2020, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) was awarded a contract with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to begin coordination of a new National Childhood Cancer Registry (NCCR), which would build on the existing infrastructure among both Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and National Program of Cancer Registries central registries. NCI and NAACCR planned to use the NCCR to securely match children across registries and with external data sources such as genomic data, medical and pharmacy claims, and other novel sources for residential history, financial toxicity and social determinants of health to build a robust database for pediatric cancer reporting and research. These linkages will enable researchers to address issues surrounding late effects of cancer treatment, recurrence, subsequent malignant neoplasms, and other critical outcomes.