Editing Cancer registry (section)

== History ==
In 1926, [[Yale New Haven Hospital|Yale-New Haven Hospital]] became the first to set up a cancer registry. In 1956, the [[American College of Surgeons]] (ACoS) formally adopted a policy to encourage, through their Approvals Program, the development of hospital-based cancer registries. In 1973, the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program of NCI established the first national cancer registry program. In 1992, U.S. Public Law 102-515 established the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR); it is administered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Events {{!}} SEER Training |url=https://training.seer.cancer.gov/registration/registry/history/dates.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=SEER}}</ref> By 1993, most states considered cancer a reportable disease.