Adjusting for Population Differences in the National Cancer Database to Better Represent United States Cancer Cases: A Reference Tool for Researchers
database[Title] 2025-04-25
Summary:
CONCLUSIONS: Though NCDB's representation of US cancer cases is improving, gaps remain, including age, sex, race/ethnicity, and residence location, further exacerbated by missing variables. We provide investigators using the NCDB with a way to represent cancer case data to better tailor research questions and frame outcomes.