Utilizing State Cancer Registries to Inform State-Based Cancer Control Efforts for Children

Anna Hoppmann^{1

2}, Katherine Gregory¹, Aniket Saha^{3

4}, Michelle P Hudspeth⁵, Anthony J Alberg⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine Columbia, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Midlands, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
³ School of Medicine Greenville, University of South Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁵ Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

Anna Hoppmann et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;72(9):e31853.

doi: 10.1002/pbc.31853. Epub 2025 Jun 11.

Anna Hoppmann^{1

2}, Katherine Gregory¹, Aniket Saha^{3

4}, Michelle P Hudspeth⁵, Anthony J Alberg⁶

¹ School of Medicine Columbia, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Midlands, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
³ School of Medicine Greenville, University of South Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
⁵ Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: advocacy; cancer; childhood; comprehensive cancer control plan; epidemiology; pediatric.

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