This page will highlight any updates made to the data in the SEER*Explorer application.

Date Revision
4/15/2019 The application was updated with incidence, survival, mortality, prevalence and lifetime risk estimates based on the SEER November 2018 submission.
Statistics for several subtypes of larger cancer groupings including:
  • Breast Cancer
  • Esophagus Cancer
  • Lung and Bronchus Cancer
  • Thyroid Cancer
Charts for complete and limited-duration prevalence were added to the application.
Charts for 5-year recent rates were added for incidence and mortality.
4/16/2018 The application was updated with incidence, survival, mortality and lifetime risk estimates based on the SEER November 2017 submission.
Survival Trends charts were added to the application.
Charts for lifetime risk estimates were added to the application.
Relative survival for Asian/Pacific Islanders and Hispanic ethnicities were added to the five-year survival and survival by time since diagnosis charts.
12/1/2017 The user interface was updated based on feedback from usability testing.
5/18/2017 The relative survival estimates available under Survival->5-year survival were corrected. Previous estimates were cause-specific survival estimates. The estimates are now relative survival estimates.
4/14/2017 The application was updated with incidence, survival and mortality estimates based on the SEER November 2016 submission.
4/15/2016 The application was released with incidence and mortality estimates based on the SEER November 2015 submission.