How the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer Works
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There have been no comprehensive, national data sources in the United States for studying the relationship between firefighting and cancer among all firefighters —until now.
The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer will help researchers to better understand and reduce cancer in firefighters by matching the information provided by participating NFR firefighters with cancer diagnosis information from state cancer registries. This matching process will allow NIOSH to study the relationship between firefighting and cancer outcomes over time.