Repository details

Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results

Name of repository
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
Additional name(s)
  • SEER
Repository URL
https://seer.cancer.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
A premier source for United States cancer statistics, SEER gathers information related to incidence, prevalence, and survival from specific geographic areas that represent 28 percent of the population, as well as compiles related reports and reports on the national cancer mortality rates. Their aim is to provide information related to cancer statistics and decrease the burden of cancer in the national population. SEER has been collecting data from cancer cases since 1973.
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://seer.cancer.gov/about/using-website.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (1)

Institution
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Additional name(s)
  • NCI
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Data-Use agreement
Policy Name
privacy and security policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (3)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • other

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
Public Domain

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.cancer.gov/policies/copyright-reuse
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://seer.cancer.gov/registrars/api/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

Remarks

Remarks
SEER Metadata meets Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards (FGDC)
Entry date
2014-08-05
Last update
2022-06-15
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re3data.org: Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results; editing status 2022-06-15; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3VK6P last accessed: 2025-04-25