How NCI Uses GIS
Geospatial methods and tools are used in a variety of NCI programs to analyze and visualize geographic variation in cancer incidence and mortality and explore contextual influences on cancer risk.
Supporting Cancer Surveillance Activities
Development of cancer reporting zones – define areas with similar populations by subdividing large counties and aggregating small counties
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Interactive Cancer Surveillance Geovisualization Tools
Supporting Extramural Research
Spatial database development
UV exposure
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Making an objective measure of individual UV exposure for the continental United States for the study of environmental risk factors for melanoma

ADOPT
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Providing a set of environmental data layers for obesity research

GeoFLASHE
Augmenting the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) survey results with contextual data about residential and school neighborhoods