Prepared by: Rachel Weinstein, M.S., Ph.D. Judith Klotz, Dr.P.H. Toshi Abe, M.S.W., CTR Christine Todd Whitman Governor Christine Grant Commissioner of Health and Senior Services James S. Blumenstock Senior Assistant Commissioner Eddy A. Bresnitz, MD, MS State Epidemiologist Assistant Commissioner Betsy A. Kohler, M.P.H., CTR Director Susan Van Loon, RN, CTR Program Manager, Cancer Registry New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Cancer Epidemiology Cancer Surveillance Program P.O. Box 369 Trenton, NJ 08625-0369 (609)588-3500

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Lists of Figures and Tables Summary Chapter I National Trends in Childhood Cancer Chapter II Rates and Risk Factors for Specific Childhood Cancers References Glossary Appendix A: Data and Statistical Methods Appendix B: Denominators used in New Jersey Incidence Rates Appendix C: Incidence and Mortality Rate Trends in New Jersey and the United States Questions and Answers about this Report Press Release