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About CDC Cancer Prevention and Control Activities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer
Prevention and Control (DCPC) conducts, supports, and promotes efforts to
prevent cancer and to increase early detection of cancer. DCPC works with
partners in the government, private, and nonprofit sectors to develop,
implement, and promote effective cancer prevention and control practices
nationwide.
CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control’s efforts include
the following major activities:
Monitoring
In addition to CDC’s activities in monitoring cancer risk factors and
use of cancer preventive services, DCPC specifically supports systems for
monitoring cancer incidence and mortality through funding and technical
assistance. Data from these systems serve a critical role in identifying
and monitoring cancer trends, gaps, disparities, barriers, and successes;
developing, guiding, and evaluating cancer prevention and control
activities; and prioritizing allocation of resources.
Programs
DCPC helps translate basic research into public health practices,
interventions, and health delivery services, and then promotes,
implements, and evaluates their use.
Research
DCPC conducts and funds studies to identify problems, needs, and
opportunities related to modifiable behavioral and other risk factors for
cancer and to identify the feasibility and effectiveness of cancer
prevention and control strategies. Results are used to plan or improve
cancer prevention and control activities.
Education
DCPC develops health communication campaigns, prepares and provides cancer
prevention educational materials, and recommends priorities for health
promotion, health education, and cancer risk reduction activities both for
health professionals and the public.
Information Services
DCPC provides cancer-related Web sites, a public inquiries E-mail
service (cancerinfo@cdc.gov), a
toll-free phone number (1-888-842-6355), and a Web-based information
system on selected cancer legislative issues.
The Division also provides support and technical assistance to improve
education, training, and skills in the prevention, detection, and control
of selected cancers.
CDC Cancer-Related Priority Areas
CDC's cancer-related priority areas include breast, cervical, colorectal,
skin, ovarian, and prostate cancers; cancer registries; comprehensive
cancer control; eliminating racial and ethnic disparities; and legislative
information services. Another CDC cancer priority, headed by the Office on
Smoking and Health, is tobacco control.
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