1728
London’s “General Census of Cancer” – the first known
systematic collection of information on cancer
1839
Implementation of death registration (what we now know
as “death certification”) in the United States
1901
Earliest known population-based systematic
collection of data on people with leprosy in Norway
(a population-based leprosy registry)
1926
A bone sarcoma registry established
by Dr. Ernest Codman at Massachusetts General Hospital,
one of the earliest registries established for a specific
type of cancer
The first hospital-based cancer registry
at Yale-New Haven Hospital was organized in New Haven,
Connecticut
1935
First population-based cancer registry in the United States established in
Connecticut
1956
The American College of Surgeons
requires a cancer registry as a component of an approved
cancer program
1971
The U.S. National Cancer Act budgets
monies to the National Cancer Institute for research,
detection, and treatment of cancer
1973
The Surveillance, Epidemiology and
End Results (SEER) Program of NCI establishes the first
national cancer registry program
1992
US Public Law 102-515 establishes
the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and
is administered by the US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
1993
Many state laws make cancer a reportable
disease
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