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Colorado Cancer Registry |
The Colorado Central Cancer Registry (CCCR) is a statewide surveillance system of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It has been collecting data on cancer cases in the state since 1969 and has had a population-based registry in the Denver Metropolitan area since 1979. Starting in 1988, all cancers diagnosed in Colorado have been reported to the statewide population-based Registry. This complete reporting now makes possible the calculation of state and county-specific incidence rates. The goal of the CCCR is to reduce death and illness due to cancer by providing data on incidence, treatment, survival, and mortality.
The CCCR collects information from all Colorado hospitals, pathology labs, outpatient clinics, physicians solely responsible for diagnosis and treatment, and state Vital Statistics. It registers pertinent data on all malignant tumors including skin cancer, except for basal and squamous cell carcinomas. All individual patient, physician, and hospital information is confidential as required by Colorado law. The users of CCCR data include physicians and other health professionals, hospital administrators and planners, the general public, legislators, government agencies including local and county health departments, epidemiologists, students, researchers, and the news media. The data are used to aid in cancer related education, monitoring, screening, prevention, treatment, and research.
During the 1988-1990 period, Colorado and Denver Metro melanoma incidence and death rates were similar to each other. In Colorado, the melanoma incidence rate for Anglo men was 10 percent higher than in the U.S.; for Anglo women it was 21 percent higher. About one-third of the cases of melanoma in Colorado were under 45 years of age in this timeframe. Most of the melanomas are detected early enough to secure a 90 percent five-year survival rate. The Douglas County melanoma incidence rate was more than double the Denver Metro rate for men and 30 percent higher for women.
The current registry record is about 600 characters, but a much longer version will be available soon. The CCCR plans to provide a home page on the world wide web starting in the summer of 1996.
Available Reports:
Contact Information:
Robin Bott, Program Director
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Prevention Programs Division
Colorado Central Cancer Registry
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
PPD-CR-A5
Denver, Colorado 80222-1530Phone: (303) 692-2540
Fax: (303) 782-0095
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