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Wednesday, 18 May 2011

NCI Issues and Expands the Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2009/2010 Update

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released the Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2009/ 2010 Update. The report, which spans the cancer control continuum from prevention through end of life and summarizes our nation's progress against cancer in relation to the Healthy People targets developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has expanded its focus in this year’s update. Highlights of the update include nine new measures (see below); a reporting of health differences and health inequalities across measures, where they exist; and a new summary measure of the most recent trends (Average Annual Percent Change).
This online report, first issued in 2001 as the Cancer Progress Report, is updated every two years and when new data become available. The report, intended for policy makers, researchers, clinicians, and public health service providers, offers updated national trends data in a user-friendly format.
Report features:
Quick tutorial to ease navigation and downloading of materials within the report
Updated "Trends-at-a-Glance" snapshot
Links to NCI's State Cancer Profiles' state- and county-level data
Links to colorectal cancer mortality projections
Links to Healthy People 2010 materials
Data, graphs, and slides that are easy to download
Custom report features
Open text search capability
Full accessibility for persons with disabilities
New measures:
Medicaid coverage of tobacco dependence treatments
Tobacco company marketing expenditures
Treatment
Prostate
Kidney
Lung
Ovarian
Bladder
Cost of cancer care (expanded)
Cancer survivors and smoking
The Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2009/ 2010 Update can be viewed online at http://progressreport.cancer.gov/. General questions about the report may be directed to progressreporthelp@mail.nih.gov.
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For Frequently Asked Questions about the Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2009/ 2010 Update, please go to http://progressreport.cancer.gov/faq.asp?pid=1&did=2007&fid=2007&mid=vfq.
For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI Web site at http://www.cancer.gov/ or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4 CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
 

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