When requesting access to the SEER data, you must acknowledge and initial the data use agreements and data limitations documents. The requirements may change with each annual data submission and by data product.

The documents are provided below for reference and cannot be used to request the data.

Current Data Release

November 2024 Submission

Previous Data Releases

November 2023 Submission

November 2022 Submission

Data Use Clarifications

SEER has received questions about data use as it relates to the language included in the SEER Research Data Agreement. The following sections attempt to clarify some of the more frequently asked questions.

Data Linkage

"No Data Linkage. Authorized User will not link or attempt to link the Data with information in another database, nor will permit others to do so."

This clause pertains to individual, patient level data, which cannot be linked to other sources. However, you can link calculated statistics to other data sources. For example, you can produce county-level statistics in SEER*Stat and link those to county-level attributes.

Release to Others

"No Release to Others. Authorized User will not release, nor permit others to release, the Data to any other person."

This clause pertains to individual-level or raw data, not summarized statistics (e.g, rates). If a user is publishing a paper based on statistics calculated using the data, those calculated summary statistics can be shared with the journal as part of the approval process or published accompanying the article.