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Cancer

General

Investing Wisely In Health: Screening to Prevent Cancer Deaths

• A fact sheet (text) (pdf 142k) presents the economic costs of cancer including colorectal, breast and cervical cancers.

Comprehensive Cancer Control Web Site

• Cancerplan.org is aweb site to assist tribes in community cancer plans.  Sponsored by American Cancer Society, CDC, and National Cancer Institute.

Skin Cancer

• Preventing Skin Cancer - CDC paper on the effectiveness of community and behavioral interventions to reduce UVR exposure.
• Community interventions to reduce exposure to ultraviolet light
  

U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2001 Incidence and Mortality

Cancer Survivorship - U.S. 1971-2000

• CDC Population data shows an increase in all cancers from 1.5% to 3.5% of U.S. population.

Cancer Survivors

• Services and Resources for Cancer Survivors.

National Cancer Institute

• Cancer site Updates on all cancers, latest research, patient education and more

The American Society of Clinical Pathologists (A.S.C.P.)

• A.S.C.P. develops comprehensive educational programs and materials. Use the Search engine for areas of interest, e.g., Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Bethesda 2001

Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity-United States, 1990-1998

• Except for lung cancer in women and lung, colorectal, and breast cancer in American Indian/Alaska Natives, trends in death rates from these cancers have generally declined

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