ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LOUISIANA TUMOR REGISTRY

1. Received Gold Certificates from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries every year since 1997.
2. Has met all the standards of the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries for all data quality indicators every year since 1998.
3. Has met or exceeded the goals for all data quality indicators in the SEER Data Quality Profile, receiving a first place award every year since 2009.
4. Was awarded the NPCR 20th Anniversary Research Award in 2012
5. Was funded by the CDC-NPCR to be one of 10 Specialized Cancer Registries to collect enhanced data to support Comparative Effectiveness Research.