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The Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program is one of ten regional cancer registries that operate as independent units of the California Cancer Registry (CCR) established in 1985. There has been mandatory reporting of all new reportable cancer diagnoses since 1988. In 2001, diagnoses of borderline and benign intracranial and central nervous system tumors became reportable as well as borderline ovarian cancer and Newly Reportable Hematopoietic Diseases.
Since 1988, Loma Linda University Medical Center (in Loma Linda, California) has subcontracted with the Public Health Institute to operate the Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program that encompasses the entire populations of Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. An award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1995 provides funding for a cancer epidemiologist to support and enlarge cancer research, conduct investigations of cancer concerns, promote cancer control and prevention programs, provide training for hospital and registry personnel throughout the Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program. It also provides for compilation and dissemination of descriptive information regarding cancer incidence and mortality in the form of an annual report.
The Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program is one of ten regional cancer registries that operate as independent units of the California Cancer Registry (CCR) established in 1985. There has been mandatory reporting of all new reportable cancer diagnoses since 1988. In 2001, diagnoses of borderline and benign intracranial and central nervous system tumors became reportable as well as borderline ovarian cancer and Newly Reportable Hematopoietic Diseases.
Since 1988, Loma Linda University Medical Center (in Loma Linda, California) has subcontracted with the Public Health Institute to operate the Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program that encompasses the entire populations of Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. An award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1995 provides funding for a cancer epidemiologist to support and enlarge cancer research, conduct investigations of cancer concerns, promote cancer control and prevention programs, provide training for hospital and registry personnel throughout the Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program. It also provides for compilation and dissemination of descriptive information regarding cancer incidence and mortality in the form of an annual report.In 2000, the National Cancer Institute announced plans to expand the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program for coverage of populations with limited data currently and population-based central registries with high quality of data. An application was submitted for an award which included all seven non-SEER
- Region 2 - The Cancer Registry of Central California
- Region 3 - The Cancer Surveillance Program (Sacramento)
- Region 4 - Tri-Counties Regional Cancer Registry
- Region 5 - Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program
- Region 6 - Cancer Registry of Northern California
- Region 7 and 10 - CSPOC/SANDIOCC (San Diego/Orange County)
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