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Cancer Registry Programs

Cancer registry programs collect, analyze and disseminate data about various types of cancer. The collected information is used to track cancer trends and allocate resources for prevention, screening and treatment efforts.



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), which serves as a central repository for information collected from clinics, hospitals and doctors' offices around the United States. The NPCR tracks data representing 96 percent of the U.S. population.

  1. California Cancer Registry

    • State repositories collect cancer information from clinics and doctors' offices.

      In California, the Cancer Surveillance and Research Branch (CSRB) oversees several pioneering cancer-related programs, including the California Lupus Surveillance Program and the California Dialog on Cancer. For more information on California's Cancer Registry System, use the address below.

      Cancer Surveillance and Research Branch

      California Department of Public Health

      1825 Bell Street, Suite 102

      Sacramento, CA 95825

      916-779-0300

      Fax: 916-779-0264

    New York State Cancer Registry

    • Every year 100,000 New Yorkers are diagnosed with cancer. It is the states' second deadliest disease (heart-disease is the first). New York tracks these and all other cancer statistics via its cancer registry at the New York State Department of Health.

      New York State Department of Health

      Riverview Center, Suite 361

      150 Broadway

      Menands, NY 12204-2719

      518-474-2255

      Fax: 518-473-6789

    Illinois State Cancer Registry

    • Cancer kills more people in Illinois than homicide, AIDS and injuries combined. It is the number one killer of citizens between ages 45 and 64. For more information about Illinois' Cancer Registry, contact:

      Illinois Department of Public Health

      535 West Jefferson Street

      Springfield, Illinois 62761

      217-782-4977

    National Breast Cancer Registry

    • The Miriam Hospital's Adel R. Decof Cancer Center is a pilot program funded by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The center focuses on patients diagnosed with Stage 0-III breast cancer.

      The Miriam Hospital

      164 Summit Avenue

      Providence, RI 02906

      866-401-0002.

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