The SEER-Medicare data reflect the linkage of two large population-based sources of data that provide detailed information about Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. The data come from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)External Web Site Policy program of cancer registries that collect clinical, demographic and cause of death information for persons with cancer and the Medicare claims for covered health care services from the time of a person's Medicare eligibility until death.

SAP Lumira (formerly called SAP Visual Intelligence) is a self-service, data visualization application for business users. 

REDCap is a PHP-based system, developed by Vanderbilt University and currently managed and updated through a national consortium, that supports the rapid setup of secure, Web-based study-specific database systems and associated forms. It provides full field validation capabilities (customized to each study), import/export (including export to common statistical packages such as SAS, SPSS and Excel), and file upload/management functions.

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management.

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.

Qualtrics is web based software that allows the user to create surveys and generate reports without having any previous programming knowledge. Qualtrics enables you to do surveys, feedback and polls using a variety of distribution means. Results can be viewed in reports and can be downloaded. Qualtrics allows you to share surveys and results as well as collaborating with other users.

The New York City Clinical Data Research Network (NYC-CDRN) has been established to improve and streamline research in an effort to advance patient-centered research. NYC-CDRN uses a large volume of robust, high-quality patient data and support services from a collaboration of more than 20 partners, including WCM and NYP. The NYC-CDRN collects comprehensive medical histories for what will be as many as 6 million patients. 

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey combines interviews and physical examinations. NHANES is a major program of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Microsoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. MS Access is freely available for WCM ITS-tagged PCs through the Software Center application.

Medicare is the federally funded program that provides health insurance for the elderly, persons with end-stage renal disease, and some disabled. For persons age 65 and over, 97 percent are eligible for Medicare. Almost all Medicare beneficiaries have Part A coverage that includes hospital, skilled-nursing facility, hospice and some home health care. Information about Medicare eligibility and enrollment is available for all persons included in the SEER-Medicare data (both cancer and non-cancer cases). Medicare claims (bills) are available only for persons with fee-for-service coverage.