DOI: 10.57761/sq5d-1c97
title: CPIC California Cancer Registry

description: The Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry (GBACR), in compliance with California state law, gathers information about all cancers diagnosed or treated in a nine-county area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa...
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The Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry (GBACR), in compliance with California state law, gathers information about all cancers diagnosed or treated in a nine-county area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz). This information is obtained from medical records provided by hospitals, doctors\342\200\231 offices, and other related facilities.



The information, stored under secure conditions with strict regulations that protect confidentiality, helps the GBACR understand cancer occurrence and survival in the Greater Bay Area. For each patient, the information includes basic demographic facts like age, gender, and race/ethnicity, as well as cancer type, extent of disease, treatment and survival. Combined over the diverse Bay Area population, this information gives the GBACR and all users an opportunity to learn how such characteristics may be related to cancer causes, mortality, care and prevention.



In addition to its local use, information collected by the GBACR becomes part of state and federal population-based registries whose mission is to monitor cancer occurrence at the state and national levels, respectively. Data from the GBACR have contributed to the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program since 1973. The nine counties are also part of the statewide California Cancer Registry (CCR), which conducts essential monitoring of cancer occurrence and survival in California.



GBACR data are of the highest quality, as recognized by national and international registry standard-setting organizations, including SEER, the National Program for Cancer Registries, and the North American Association for Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).



The CPIC has also started collecting data on environmenal factors. These data are available in the The California Neighborhoods Data System. This a new resource for examining the impact of neighborhood characteristics on cancer incidence and outcomes in populations includes a compilation of existing geospatial and other secondary data for characterizing contextual factors



A summary and description of social and built environment data and measures in the California Neighborhoods Data System (2010) can be found here: Social and Built Environment Data and Measures



More information about this new data source can be found here: The California Neighborhoods Data System



Patient characteristics All reported cancer cases in the state of California.



Data overview Data categories Socioeconomic status Racial/ethnic composition Immigration/acculturation characteristics Racial/ethnic residential segregation Population density Urbanicity (Rural/Urban) Housing Businesses Commuting Street connectivity Parks Farmers Markets Traffic density Crime Tapestry Segmentation



Notes To apply for these data, you can see instructions here: [https://www.ccrcal.org/retrieve-data/data-for-researchers/how-to-request-ccr-data/](<https://www.ccrcal.org/retrieve-data/data-for-researchers/how-to-request-ccr-data/>)