Preferred Label : National Program of Cancer Registries;
NCIt synonyms : NPCR;
NCIt definition : Established by Congress through the Cancer Registries Amendment Act in 1992, and administered
by CDC, the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) collects data on cancer occurrence
(including the type, extent, and location of the cancer), the type of initial treatment,
and outcomes. It supports central cancer registries in 46 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Pacific Island Jurisdictions, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL539487;
Origin ID : C141462;
UMLS CUI : C4553556;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
