 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | The SEER data base is not an absolute by any means, but it is the only mechanism we have in the US to track incidence and outcomes. There is no practical way to track 100% of the American population and this database's collection points have been selected to represent the entire country though only collected from a portion of the country.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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