The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) is one of four cancer registries in the National Cancer Institute’s SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) Program to earn a 2011 First Place Data Quality Profile Award. This is the second consecutive year LTR has earned a First Place Award and the third time overall. The LTR is comprised of the central office at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health and eight regional offices, including the Baton Rouge Regional Tumor Registry (Region II), a division of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge. There are a total of 17 SEER registries in the United States. The primary function of a cancer registry is to collect data on newly diagnosed cancer cases in a population. Information collected includes demographic data, tumor type, stage of disease, and treatment. This data assists in health care decision making and formation of public policy. The SEER Program evaluates the quality of data from each registry every year. It collects cancer incidence and survival data from 17 population-based cancer registries in the United States and is considered the standard for quality among cancer registries around the world.