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:
- monitor the occurrence of cancer in Minnesota and describe the risks
of developing cancer
- inform health professionals and educate citizens regarding specific
cancer risks
- answer the public's questions and concerns about cancer
- promote cancer research
- 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
Mesothelioma
Minnesota Cancer Data
Cancer Incidence Data
View cancer incidence data in Minnesota at Minnesota Public Health Data Access, a web-based data access portal.
Major Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System Reports
NEW Cancer in Minnesota 1988-2008, March 2012 (PDF: 14.28MB/300 pages)
NEW Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2011
Cancer in Minnesota 1988-2006, September 2010 (PDF: 3.39MB/250 pages)
Sections (PDF format)
Introduction (PDF: 995 KB/14 pages)
Chapter 1 (PDF: 427 KB/16 pages)
Chapter 2 (PDF: 777 MB/47 pages)
Chapter 3 (PDF: 1.04 KB/60 pages)
Chapter 4 (PDF: 1.95 MB/97 pages)
Appendices (PDF: 540 KB/16 pages)
Minnesota 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 - 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
NEW Cancer in Minnesota, 2010: Preliminary Report
(pdf: 292KB/3 pgs)NEW Cancer in Minnesota, 2009: 24-Month Report
(pdf: 318KB/4 pgs)Cancer in Minnesota, 2009: Preliminary Report
(pdf: 18KB/4 pgs)Cancer in Minnesota, 2008: 24-Month Report
(pdf: 23KB/4 pgs)Cancer Incidence in Minnesota 2008
(pdf: 26 KB/3 pgs)Cancer In Minnesota 2007
(pdf: 8 KB/4 pgs)Cancer in Minnesota 2006: Preliminary Report
(pdf: 60 KB/4 pgs)Cancer in Minnesota 2004: Preliminary Report
(pdf: 63 KB/4 pgs)Cancer in Minnesota 2003: Preliminary Report
(pdf: 39 KB/4 pags)
Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System Special Reports
| Epidemiology
Reports |
|
|---|---|
| Number | Title |
07:1 |
June 7, 2007-Cancer Incidence in Dakota and Washington Counties |
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:
FORTRAN code to calculate the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for the differences in county vs. state age-adjusted cancer incidence rates (PDF: 480/KB/4 pages)
Factsheet: Community Concerns about Cancer in Northeast Minneapolis
(PDF: 147KB/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
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.