Abstract Background The National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results (SEER)-Medicare–linked database was first created almost 30 years ago. Over time …

Background. The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare–linked
database combines clinical information from population-based cancer registries with claims …

Background: The population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
registries collect information on first-course treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy …

Background. Cancer-specific medical care costs are used by health service researchers,
medical decision analysts, and health care policymakers. The SEER-Medicare database is a …

Users of the linked SEER-Medicare database commonly perform analyses that focus on the
complex interactions among patient characteristics, cancer treatments, and outcomes. The …

Background. Although health claims data are increasingly used in evaluating variations in
patterns of cancer care and outcomes, little is known about the comparability of these data …

Background. Medicare claims include codes for chemotherapy administration and specific
drugs given, and researchers are increasingly using these data to measure the use of …

Abstract The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)—Medicare Health
Outcomes Survey (MHOS) links cancer registry data with survey data from Medicare …

Cancer is an important cause of morbidity in the elderly, and many medical conditions and
treatments influence cancer risk. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) …

Background Current estimates of the costs of cancer care in the United States are based on
data from 2003 and earlier. However, incidence, survival, and practice patterns have been …