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A National Strategy for Cancer Control in the United States

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Challenges of cancer control start with complex nature of cancers themselves. The burdens of cancers are broad and diverse. Cancer control efforts in the U.S are complex, involving more than a dozen federal agencies, 65 states and territories, Many nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies. The National Academies with support from the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Cancer Institute initiated a consensus study to examine cancer control efforts in the U.S and recommend a national strategy to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality from cancer and to improve quality of life for cancer survivors.

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An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine cancer control efforts in the United States and recommend a national strategy to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality from cancer and to improve quality of life for cancer survivors.

The committee will review trends in cancer cases and outcomes in the United States as well as existing cancer control programs and initiatives across the cancer care continuum. Based on that review, the committee will consider potential actions to:

· Establish comprehensive national goals for cancer control.

· Identify potential mechanisms to evaluate and advance progress toward these goals.

· Identify challenges to achieving these goals and highlight knowledge gaps that impede progress in cancer control

· Foster collaboration and coordination among key stakeholders, clarifying roles in cancer control efforts, and to build on existing efforts and to develop and implement plans of action to overcome challenges.

· Prioritize cancer control interventions that have the potential to achieve significant progress in improving population health and reducing health disparities.

The committee will issue a report with findings and recommendations to achieve progress in developing and implementing a national cancer control strategy.

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Sponsors

American Cancer Society

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Institutes of Health

Staff

Guru Madhavan

Lead

Francis Amankwah

Annalee Espinosa Gonzales

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