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Revision History of the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006

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Date Revision Affected Pages
11/6/2009 The delay-adjusted rates presented in Figure 28.1 for Childhood Cancer (Ages < 20) were incorrect for diagnosis years 1981+.
The delay-adjusted rates presented in Figure 28.2 for Brain and CNS (Ages < 15) were incorrect for diagnosis years 1981+.
The graphs have been updated to reflect the correct estimates
Figure 28.1
Figure 28.2

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11/6/2009 A correction was made to the histology codes used to define Intracranial sites (6.2.1) in the adolescent and young adult classification scheme.
The correction affected the results for Females Ages 15-19 on Table 32.4. The rate changed from suppressed due to less than 16 cases to a rate of 0.1 per 100,000.
Table 32.4

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11/6/2009 Figures 16.5 and 16.6 of the Melanoma of the Skin chapter were not correctly formatted into the chapter.
Figure 16.5 was not displayed correctly, and Figure 16.6 was not included in the chapter. The corrected figures have been added to the chapter and affected topics.
Figure 16.5
Figure 16.6

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05/29/2009 Mortality estimates were added to the Cancer Statistics Review. Mortality estimates were added to existing pages and new pages that consist only of mortality estimates were added to the report.
05/29/2009 Section 35. Soft Tissue Sarcomas was added to the Cancer Statistics Review. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
05/29/2009 Graphs comparing SEER 9 delay adjusted incidence and SEER 13 delay adjusted incidence were added to the Cancer Statistics Review. The new graphs can be found in Sections 2 through Section 27 (excluding Sections 10, 17 and 25).
05/29/2009 Graphs containing SEER 17 conditional survival estimates were added to the Cancer Statistics Review. The new graphs can be found in Sections 3 through Section 27 (excluding Sections 10, 13, 17 and 20).
05/29/2009 The estimates in Figure 29.2 did not include myelodesplastic syndromes as part of Group I and did not include benign brain tumors as part of Group III. The age-adjusted rates in the graphs have been corrected. Figure 29.2

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05/29/2009 Joinpoint analyses performed on SEER 13 Observed incidence for sex-specific cancer sites that are shown for ages <50 and ages 50+ were performed with a maximum of 3 Joinpoints instead of a maximum 2 Joinpoints.
The analyses were corrected. The number of Joinpoint segments and associated APCs did change for certain data series within this subset.
Table 4.2
Table 4.3
Table 5.3
Table 7.2

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05/05/2009 The data series for "Lung and Bronchus" was incorrectly labeled as "Lung and Ovary". Figure 1.17

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04/15/2009 Initial release of Cancer Statistics Review.
The tables and figures in this release only included estimates based on SEER Incidence data.