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Rhode Island Cancer Control Program
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
(401)222-1171
Fax: 222-4415
Contact: Susan Shepardson

 

 

Cancer Control Program

Rhode Island Cancer Control Registry

Cancer Statistics

Cancer in Rhode Island, 2003

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Preface:

Special Studies:

I

Letter from the Director

14a

Cancer Rates Among RI Hispanics

ii  

Acknowledgements

14b

Cancer Mortality in RI, on Old Urban State

iii 

Table of Contents

14c

Cancer Incidence in RI Cities and Town

iv 

List of Figures

14d

Cancer Mortality in RI Cities and Towns

 

 

1

Introduction to Cancer

15

The Rhode Island Response to Cancer

2

Cancer Control Strategies

16

References

3

About the Data

 

4

Cancer in the United States

Appendices:

5

Cancer in Rhode Island

17

Supplemental Tables

 

18

RI Cancer Rates, 1997-2001-Detailed Tables

Focus on Selected Cancers:

18a

RI Cancer Rates, 1998-2002-Detailed Tables

6  

Breast Cancer

19

National Cancer Control Recommendations

7  

Cervical Cancer

8

Colorectal Cancer

9

Lung Cancer

10

Melanoma of Skin

11

Oropharyngeal Cancer

12

Ovarian Cancer

13

Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

Highlights

Rhode Island’s Cancer Burdenpdf
is a comprehensive report that includes cancer rates (incidence and mortality), trends, and disparities.