Maine CDC's cancer registry has been recognized by U.S. CDC's National
Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) as a Registry of Excellence for 2015.
Maine is one of 22 states to achieve this designation, which
reflects the submission of high quality data for cancer prevention and control
activities. The data met all of NPCR's standards for data completeness and
quality.
In addition, the North American Association of Central Cancer
Registries has recognized Maine CDC's cancer registry for meeting its Gold
Standard on quality, completeness and timeliness of 2013 data.
