title: Clinical highlights from the National Cancer Data Base, 1998.
abstract: The National Cancer Data Base is a community-oriented cancer management and outcomes database that is the joint project of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society. This article provides a first look at highlights from the 1998 summary.
authors.affiliation: Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Menck
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eyre
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fremgen
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Winchester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000570:American Cancer Society; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology