@article{fa5c6fdbc3ab4af2a5c15cea8315185b,
title = "Brief Report: Phase I Results Using the Virtual Pooled Registry Cancer Linkage System (VPR-CLS) for Military Cancer Surveillance",
author = "Stahlman, \{Shauna L.\} and Clerkin, \{Castine M.\} and Betsy Kohler and Howe, \{Will R.\} and Cronin, \{Kathy A.\} and Wells, \{Natalie Y.\}",
note = "Funding Information: The Armed Forces Health Surveil- lance Division, as part of its surveil- lance mission, periodically conducts studies of cancer incidence among U.S. military service members. However, service members are likely lost to follow-up from the Department of Defense cancer registry and Military Health System data sets after leaving service and during periods of time not on active duty. Therefore, an ongoing cancer surveillance study sought linkage with civilian state cancer registries through the Virtual Pooled Registry Cancer Linkage System (VPR-CLS) supported by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) and funded by the National Cancer Institute. These civilian state registries require the inclusion of all malignant or in situ neoplasms classified by the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3), with the exception of carcinoma in situ of the cervix and squamous/basal cell carcinomas of the skin. Since 2004, non-malignant benign/borderline primary tumors of the brain and central nervous system (CNS) have also been included as reportable cancers.1 The VPR-CLS performs a Phase I and Phase II linkage process to identify members of the study population who have been diagnosed with a reportable cancer. In Phase I, an aggregate total of matched cancer cases are provided by each state cancer registry after performing the linkage behind their respective firewalls. In Phase II, after approval of additional applications and data use agreements, line-level data on each of the cancer cases can be provided. This report describes the Phase I linkage results.",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "26--27",
journal = "Medical Surveillance Monthly Report",
issn = "2158-0111",
publisher = "Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center",
number = "7",
}