The Iowa Cancer Registry (ICR)/State Health Registry of Iowa (SHRI) is a population-based cancer registry that has served the State of Iowa since 1973. The ICR has been a member of the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program since its inception in 1973.*
The program was begun following the National Cancer Act of 1972 and was designed to represent geographic regions and subpopulations of the USA. Regions were selected on the basis of their ability to operate and maintain high-quality population-based cancer reporting systems.
The SEER member programs have been added incrementally with other epidemiologically significant population subgroups of racial and ethnic minorities and the membership has expanded to the current 21 Cancer Registries covering approximately 48% of the US population.
The goals of the ICR are to:
- Assemble and report measurements of cancer incidence, survival and mortality among Iowans;
- Support studies designed to identify factors relating to cancer etiology, prevention and control;
- Respond to data requests from organizations and individuals in the state of Iowa;
- Provide data and expertise for cancer research activities and educational opportunities.
*This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), under Contract No. HHSN261201800012I, funds from the State of Iowa, and funds from the University of Iowa.