What to know
CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control conducts and supports studies to reduce cancer and eliminate health disparities.
Overview
CDC contributes data and scientific expertise on:
- Cancer prevention and risk behaviors.
- The quality and appropriate use of cancer screening.
- The cost and cost-effectiveness of cancer control programs.
- Health and wellness after a cancer diagnosis.
- Efforts to advance health equity.
CDC's latest cancer research
- HPV vaccination among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men aged 27–45 years in the United States is potentially cost-saving
- Cost of colorectal cancer screening in two tribal health organizations in Alaska
- Approaches to address common barriers to colorectal cancer screening in rural communities of CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program
- Promising approaches to support sustained colorectal cancer screening promotion strategies in primary care clinics
- BRCA testing utilization among commercially insured women with breast or ovarian cancer