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          • Age recode with <1 year olds
          • Sex
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          • Addr at DX – state
          • USCS standard
          • Race recode (W, B, AIAN, API)
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          • Origin recode NHIA (Hispanic, Non-Hisp)
          • Primary site – labeled
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          • Behavior code ICD-O-3
          • Grade
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          • Diagnostic confirmation
          • ICD-O-3 histology/behavior, labeled
          • Site recode ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) site recode ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • ICCC site recode extended ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • Adolescent and young adult (AYA) site recode 2020
          • Lymphoma neoplasm recode 2020
          • Merged summary stage
          • Rx summary – surgery primary site
          • CS site-specific factor 1 (WHO Grade Classification)
          • Laterality
          • Merged estrogen receptor
          • Merged progesterone receptor
          • Merged HER2 summary
          • Sequence number – central
          • Year of birth
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          • Rural-urban Continuum 2013, grouped
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          • ICD-O-3 histology/behavior, labeled
          • Site recode ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) site recode ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • ICCC site recode extended ICD-O-3/WHO 2008
          • Adolescent and young adult (AYA) site recode 2020
          • Lymphoma neoplasm recode 2020
          • Merged summary stage
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          • Merged estrogen receptor
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          • Merged HER2 summary
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          • Alcohol-related cancers
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          • Tobacco-related cancers
        • Definitions of Risk Factor-Associated Cancers
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