HISTOLOGY OF CANCER INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSIS - SEER POPULATION-BASED DATA, 1973-1987 - INTRODUCTION

This supplement presents the study of various histologic types of canc ers diagnosed in the populations covered by the Surveillance, Epidemio logy, and End Results (SEER) Program. It describes the SEER program an d the coding of histologic type by the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology. Each of the 19 articles deals with the histolo gic types of cancer found in major sites or with specific histologic t ypes, such as lymphomas or melanomas. Histologic types have been group ed based on those developed by Dr. John Berg. Data presented in this s upplement are based on more than one million microscopically proven in vasive cancers and 98,000 in situ cancers diagnosed during the period 1973-1987 in areas covered by the SEER Program.