142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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SEER*Stat – A software tool for studying the impact of cancer on a population – Day 2 Advanced

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Sunday, November 16, 2014: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
LI Course
Oral
Partnership: NCI
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview: The purpose of this learning institute is to provide in-depth training on how to analyze cancer surveillance data by using advanced features of the statistical software SEER*Stat, a resource from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (NCI SEER) Program. NCI SEER is an authoritative source of data providing information on cancer incidence, survival, prevalence, and multiple primary analyses in the United States. SEER data contain historical and current surveillance data on cancer patients in various local and national communities in the US. This advanced SEER*Stat training is an expansion of the basic course and provides participants with the opportunity to have a thorough knowledge in SEER*Stat by learning to calculate trend analysis, prevalence, survival, and multiple-primary standardized incidence ratio statistics. The training will also include an introduction to the Joinpoint software for the analysis of trends using joinpoint models. Researchers, clinicians, public health officials, legislators, policymakers, community groups, and the public can use these data to examine individual cancer records and to produce statistics for studying the impact of cancer on a population. SEER*Stat experts will be available to assist with in-class exercises and address any questions. Participants will be taught from a hands-on perspective working through a series of structured examples on individual PCs. Participants who have taken the Basic SEER*Stat course previously, may progress to the Day 2 Advanced course without repeating the basics.
Session Objectives: Identify the types of survival, limited-duration prevalence and multiple primary analysis available within the SEER*Stat software. Examine trends in rates using the SEER*Stat and Joinpoint software Calculate prevalence estimates and several types of survival estimates using the SEER*Stat software
Organizer:

8:00am
Trend analyses
Marty Krapcho, BS
9:30am
Morning Break
9:45am
SEER*Stat survival analyses
Donald Green, BS
11:30am
Break for Lunch and Opening General Session
2:30pm
Limited-duration prevalence
Steve Scoppa, BS
4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:15pm
SEER*Stat left-truncated life table analyses-Continued Continuation of Abstract 297913 to accommodate 4:00 PM afternoon break. The purpose of this presentation is to provide the participants with an Overview of LT Life Table Statistics. Hands-on exercises will be conducted on LT Life Table Exercises. Steve Scoppa, BS

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Organized by: APHA-Learning Institute (APHA-LI)

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)