“Every Case Counts”
Mission and Purpose
The mission of the Delaware Cancer Registry is to help reduce the cancer burden in Delaware by maintaining a cancer database of excellent quality and completeness, and making this information available to health professionals, researchers, health care organizations and public health professionals for cancer prevention and control efforts.
The purpose of the Delaware Cancer Registry is to collect timely, complete and accurate data from reporting sources to insure an accurate and continuing source of data concerning cancer and certain specified benign tumors. Reporting sources include all health care practitioners who diagnose or treat cancer, as well as hospitals, clinical laboratories, and other cancer diagnosis and treatment facilities within Delaware. The Registry will serve as a source of information to measure quality of cancer care in Delaware.
What We Do
The Delaware Cancer Registry (DCR) collects information about new cancer cases, cancer treatment and cancer deaths. All hospitals, laboratories, physicians and other health care providers are required by state law to report all newly diagnosed or treated cancer cases to the Registry. Registry data is used to monitor cancer trends, promote research to increase survival, guide policy planning, and respond to Delaware residents’ cancer concerns. Patient information is kept absolutely confidential.
About DCR
- Delaware Cancer Registry Regulations
- Mission and Purpose
- History
- The Delaware Cancer Control Act
- Execution Plan 2018-2021
- Advisory Committee
- DE Cancer Registrars Association (DCRA)
- Contacts
News & Events
- 2022 NPCR Success Story – Changes to Delaware Cancer Reporting NEW!
- June, 2021 – Delaware Receives NAACCR Gold Award NEW!
- June, 2020 – Delaware Receives Registry of Distinction Award
- June, 2019 – Delaware Receives NAACCR Gold Award
- 2018 NPCR Success Story – Prostate Cancer Disparities
- Evaluation of Delaware’s Cancer Data Using the Commission on Cancer’s Quality of Care Measures, June 2018.
- Delaware Cancer Registry articles published in the Delaware Journal of Public Health: Read the June 2017 edition of the Delaware Journal of Public Health which is focused on Cancer.
- Delaware Receives the CDC’s Registry of Excellence Award
- Delaware Cancer Registry Newsletter – Changes in Requirements for 2016 Cases
- CDC-National Program of Cancer Registries
- Data Quality Evaluation
- Delaware Cancer Registry, Diagnosis Year 2013
- 2017 Success Story: Data Quality Increases in Delaware
- DCR’s New Location
Cancer Reporting Rules, Procedures & Forms
- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Cancer Reporting (Meaningful Use Stage 2)
- Hospital Reporting Procedure Manual
- Non-Hospital Reporting Procedure Manual for health care providers, labs, ambulatory surgery centers and facilities other than hospitals.
- WebPlus Training Manual – Electronic Reporting for Non-Hospital Providers
- ICD-10-CM Case Finding Codes
- Who Must Report Cancer Cases
- What Must Be Reported
- Deadlines & Penalties
Cancer Data
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 2015 – 2019 Slide Presentation NEW!
- Cancer Comprehensive Site-Specific Tables in Delaware 2015-2019 NEW!
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2015-2019 NEW!
- Census Tract-Level Cancer Incidence in Delaware 2015-2019 NEW!
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 2013-2017 Slide Presentation
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2013-2017, FACT SHEETS
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2013-2017
- Census Tract-Level Cancer Incidence in Delaware: 2013-2017
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 2012-2016 Slide Presentation
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2012-2016, FACT SHEETS
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2012-2016
- Secondary Analysis of Delaware Census Tracts with Elevated All-Site Cancer Incidence Rates, 2012-2016
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware: 2011-2015, report issued July 2019
- 2018 Analysis of Census Tracts with Elevated All-Site Cancer Incidence Rates 2011-2015
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Report 2011-2015 Fact Sheets
- Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Delaware Residents 2010-2014, report issued July 2018
- State Cancer Statistics & Reports
- Other Sources for Cancer Data
- About Cancer Clusters
- Cancer Cluster Investigations
- How the Data Are Used
- Patient Confidentiality
- Data Request Process UPDATED!
- Data Request Process Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) UPDATED!
- CDC’s Data Visualization site
*The Delaware Cancer Registry is partially funded under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cooperative Agreement #5U58DP000823. This website and its contents are solely the responsibility of its authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.
