title: The establishment of a population-based Cancer Registry for North Carolina.
abstract: In 1984 the North Carolina Medical Society's House of Delegates adopted Report S, which called for the North Carolina Legislature to fund a statewide cancer incident reporting system. The Cancer Committee continues to be advisory to the Division of Adult Health. A subcommittee of the Cancer Committee advises the Central Cancer Registry.
authors.affiliation: Division of Statistics and Information Services, Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Raleigh 27611-7587.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Aldrich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009657:North Carolina; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical