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Published on: May 17, 2019
Improving Visualization of Female Breast Cancer Survival Estimates: Analysis Using Interactive Mapping Reports
Awatef Ahmed Ben Ramadan1,2,3,4, Jeannette Jackson-Thompson1,3,4, Chester Lee Schmaltz1,3
1Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
Background:
The Missouri Cancer Registry collects population-based cancer incidence data on Missouri residents diagnosed with reportable malignant neoplasms. The Missouri Cancer Registry wanted to produce data that would be of interest to lawmakers as well as public health officials at the legislative district level on breast cancer, the most common non-skin cancer among females.
Objective:
The aim was to measure and interactively visualize survival data of female breast cancer cases in the Missouri Cancer Registry.
Methods:
Female breast cancer data were linked to Missouri death records and the Social Security Death Index. Unlinked female breast cancer cases were crossmatched to the National Death Index. Female breast cancer cases in subcounty senate districts were geocoded using TIGER/Line shapefiles to identify their district. A database was created and analyzed in SEER*Stat. Senatorial district maps were created using US Census Bureau's cartographic boundary files. The results were loaded with the cartographic data into InstantAtlas software to produce interactive mapping reports.
Results:
Female breast cancer survival profiles of 5-year cause-specific survival percentages and 95% confidence intervals, displayed in tables and interactive maps, were created for all 34 senatorial districts. The maps visualized survival data by age, race, stage, and grade at diagnosis for the period from 2004 through 2010.
Conclusions:
Linking cancer registry data to the National Death Index database improved accuracy of female breast cancer survival data in Missouri and this could positively impact cancer research and policy. The created survival mapping report could be very informative and usable by public health professionals, policy makers, at-risk women, and the public.
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