191075 Summary discussion

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 4:15 PM

Steve Scoppa, BS , Information Management Services, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to review information presented during this course and provide the participants with the opportunity to ask any relevant questions pertaining to the SEER data and SEER*Stat software. This may include discussing or producing statistics not covered in the earlier presentations.

Learning Objectives:
Use SEER Stat to calculate disease incidence rates, view database values, and export results. Define an analysis cohort based on cancer site, geographic location, or other variables. Organize statistical results by cancer site, geographic location, or other variables. Analyze cancer registry data using the frequencies, rates, and survival as they are handled within the SEER*Stat software. Analyze cancer registry data using the techniques within the SEER*Stat software.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am one of the SEER*Stat software developers for the past 10 years. I have also taught SEER*Stat for the past 10 years at other venues.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Information Management Services, Inc. SEER*Stat Software Employment (includes retainer)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

See more of: SEER*Stat – A Software Tool for Investigating Population-Based Cancer Statistics
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