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Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System

 

Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS)

The Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS) is the state's cancer registry. It is an ongoing program within the Section of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The MCSS systematically collects demographic and diagnostic information on all Minnesota residents with newly-diagnosed cancers. The primary objectives of the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System are to:
  1. monitor the occurrence of cancer in Minnesota and describe the risks of developing cancer
  2. inform health professionals and educate citizens regarding specific cancer risks
  3. answer the public's questions and concerns about cancer
  4. promote cancer research
  5. guide decisions about how to target cancer control resources

The MCSS produces biennial reports describing the occurrence of cancer, as well as various epidemiology and quality control reports. Reports issued in 1995 or later are listed below. Web-accessible reports are indicated as active links. If you would like a copy of any of the non-web accessible reports, please send an e-mail to health.mcss@state.mn.us


Webinars

Hospital Registrars and Cancer Reporters

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma -- Publications Containing Mesothelioma Rates



Major Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System Reports

WebinarsMinnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2009

Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 2004, September 2008-(PDF: 27.6MB/266 pages)

Sections (PDF format)
Introduction (PDF: 1.29 MB/14 pages)
Chapter 1 (PDF: 256 KB/46 pages)
Chapter 2 (PDF: 4.69 MB/46 pages)
Chapter 3 (PDF: 7.98 MB/60 pages)
Chapter 4 (PDF: 12.4 MB/97 pages)
Appendices (PDF: 513 KB/15 pages)

Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2006

Cervical cancer control in Minnesota: assessing its effectiveness with data from the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (PDF: 1.2MB/44 pages)

Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 2002

Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 1999

The Occurrence of Cancer in Minnesota 1992 - 1997: Incidence, Mortality, Trends. Minnesota Department of Health: Minneapolis, MN; October 2001 (Corrected Report 4/16/2002)

The Occurrence of Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 1996:
Incidence, Mortality, Trends. Minnesota Department of Health: Minneapolis, MN; August 1999

The Occurrence of Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 1994:
Incidence, Mortality, Trends. Minnesota Department of Health: Minneapolis, MN; May 1997

The Occurrence of Cancer in Minnesota 1988 - 1992:
Incidence, Mortality, Trends. Minnesota Department of Health: Minneapolis, MN; March 1995

Preliminary Reports:

Webinars Cancer in Minnesota 2006: Preliminary Report

Cancer in Minnesota 2004: Preliminary Report

Cancer in Minnesota 2003: Preliminary Report

Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System Special Reports:

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Epidemiology Reports
Number
Title
07:1

June 7, 2007-Cancer Incidence in Dakota and Washington Counties
(PDF: 389KB/66 pages)

05:1

April 2005: Cancer in Minnesota by Race and Ethnicity, 1998-2002: Preliminary Report (PDF: 319KB/7 pages)

04:3
December 2004: Cancer in Minnesota, 2002: Preliminary Report (PDF: 210KB/4 Pages)
04:2
Estimated Minnesota Cancer Prevalence, January 1, 2000 (PDF: 109KB/6 pages)
04:1
Cancer in Minnesota, 2001: Preliminary Report (PDF: 102KB/3 pages)
03:1
Cancer Incidence Rates in Northeastern Minnesota with an Emphasis on Mesothelioma (PDF: 171KB/7 pages)
01:2
Linkage Between the Children 's Oncology Group and the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (PDF: 232KB/54 pages)
01:1
Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Minnesota 1998 and 1999
00:3
Incidence of breast cancer in situ in Minnesota women, 1988-1996
00:2
Cancer occurrence in Goodhue county (PDF: 139KB/53 pages)
00:1
Cancer incidence and mortality in Minnesota 1997
99:2
Cancer incidence rates in northeastern Minnesota (PDF: 48KB/12 pages)
99:1
Correlation analysis of pesticide use and cancer incidence in Minnesota
97:1
Cancer rates and trends in northeastern Minnesota (PDF: 60KB/16 pages)
96:1
The occurrence of cancer in Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca counties (1988-1993)
95:1

Occurrence of liver cancers and leukemias in Arden Hills, New Brighton, and St. Anthony, Minnesota (1988-1992)

 
Quality Control (QC) Reports
Number
Title
05:3
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 2002 (PDF: 148KB/34 pages)
05:2
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 2001 (PDF: 150KB/34 pages)
05:1
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 2000 (PDF: 139KB/34 pages)
04:1
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 1998 (PDF: 935KB/27 pages)
01:1
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 1997
00:1
Evaluation of abstracting: cancers diagnosed in 1996
99:1
Evaluation of reabstracting: cancers diagnosed in 1995
98:2
Physician survey to identify the use of non-Minnesota pathology laboratories
98:1
Estimation of staffing and financial resources needed for collection of clinically-diagnosed cancers in Minnesota
97:2
Cancer data reliability study, 1995
97:1
Estimation of workload and effect on final data set for consolidation of 1994 cancer case data
96:2
Completeness of cancer reporting of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and malignant melanoma
96:1
Potential Impact of interstate data exchange on cancer rates in Minnesota
95:3
Tissue block survey results
95:2

Estimated frequency of microscopic confirmation for Minnesota cancers

95:1
Case ascertainment of nonhospital cancers

Other Reports and Publications on Cancer in Minnesota:

Factsheet: Community Concerns about Cancer in Northeast Minneapolis (PDF: 116KB/2 pages)


Cancer Plan Minnesota Will Address Cancer Survivorship in Minnesota
[Sept/Oct 2004 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (page 58) [page 6 of 8 of PDF file])

Cancer Rates Among American Indians in Minnesota
[May/June 2004 MDH (page 29-30) [page 9 of 10 of PDF file])

Cancer is the New Leading Cause of Death in Minnesota
[November/December 2003 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (page 74) ([page 6 of 8 of PDF file])

Breast Cancer Incidence is Increasing Among Women 50-64 Years of Age
[November/December 2003 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (page 73) (page 5 of PDF file])

Smoking Rates in Minnesota
[October 2002 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (page 43) [page 3 of 4 of PDF file])

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention
[July 2002 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (page 19) [page 3 of 4 of PDF file])

Colorectal Cancer in Minnesota
[March/April 2002 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (PDF: 79KB/4 pages)

Breast and Cervical Cancer Control in Minnesota
[Jan/Feb 2002 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (PDF: 48KB/4 pages)

Cancer in Minnesota: Racial and Ethnic Disparities
[October 2001 Short Report] (PDF: 100KB/4 pages)

Statistical Anatomy of a Brain Cancer Cluster - Stillwater Minnesota
[January/February 1995 MDH Disease Control Newsletter] (PDF: 52KB/5pages)

Attention: by selecting the links below you will be leaving the Minnesota Department of Health Web site.

Minnesota Cancer Update 2005

Screening mammography in Minnesota cancer patients

Treatment patterns for female breast cancer in Minnesota, 1995 - 1996

Weight and length at birth and risk of early-onset prostate cancer (United States)

Minnesota Cancer Burden (provided by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)

Cancer in the Minnesota Hmong Population

Childhood Cancer Incidence and Trends in Minnesota, 1988-1994

The Minnesota statutes and rules that specifically refer to the MCSS are:

Attention: by selecting the links below you will be leaving the Minnesota Department of Health Web site.

Minnesota Statute 144.671
Minnesota Statute 144.672
Minnesota Statute 144.68
Minnesota Statute 144.69

Minnesota Rules Chapter 4606

MCSS operations are supported, in part, by CDC Cooperative Agreement #U58-DP000802. The contents of this web site are solely the responsibility of MCSS and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

For questions about this page, please contact health.mcss@state.mn.us

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