Cancer Epidemiology Services
March, 2001

Donald T. DiFrancesco Acting Governor

Christine Grant Commissioner

Prepared by:
Stephanie M. Hill
Lisa M. Roche, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Judith B. Klotz, M.S., Dr.P.H.
Susan Van Loon, R.N., CTR
Betsy A. Kohler, M.P.H., CTR
Toshi Abe, M.S.W., CTR

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

James S. Blumenstock
Senior Assistant Commissioner
Pubic Health Protection and Prevention

Eddy A. Bresnitz, M.D., M.S.
State Epidemiologist/Assistant Commissioner

Cancer Surveillance Program
Cancer Epidemiology Services
P.O. Box 369
Trenton, NJ 08625-0369
(609) 588-3500

This report is available in PDF format.

Acknowledgments

The following staff of the New Jersey State Cancer Registry and other programs of Cancer Epidemiology Services were involved in the collection, quality assurance and preparation of the data on incident cases of cancer, including colorectal cancer, in New Jersey:

Toshi Abe MSW, CTR	Henry C. Lewis, MPH
Anne Marie Anepete, CTR	Helen Martin, CTR
Pamela Beasley	Kevin Masterson, CTR
Stasia Burger, MS, CTR	Patricia McGorry
Greg Charland	John Murphy, CTR
Kathy Diszler	Barbara Pingitor
Thomas P. English, CTR	Maithili Patnaik
Lorraine Fernbach, CTR	Diana Ricigliano
Ruthann Filipowicz	Karen Robinson, CTR
Maria Halama, MD, CTR	Antonio Savillo, MD, CTR
Marilyn Hansen, CTR	Suzanne Schwartz, MS, CTR
Joan Hess, RN, CTR	William F. Skinner, MS
Margaret Hodnicki, RN, CTR	Celia Troisi, CTR
Susan Jacobs	Rachel Weinstein, PhD
Linda Johnson, CTR	Helen Weiss, RN, CTR
Catherine Karnicky	Michael Wellins
	Homer Wilcox III

We acknowledge Ken O'Dowd, Ph.D., from the Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, who provided data on colorectal cancer screening from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

We also acknowledge New Jersey hospitals, laboratories, physicians, dentists, and the states of Delaware, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland who reported cancer cases to the New Jersey State Cancer Registry.