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 cases and treatment.
- 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
- Knowledge, perceptions, and barriers to collection of family health history data
- Leading causes of death among non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native people, by Indian Health Service area, 2020
- Cost-effectiveness of interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening among populations with low screening uptake
- Increasing colorectal cancer screening: a systematic economic review of patient navigation services
- Knowledge, symptom awareness, and referral practices of primary care providers in early-onset colorectal cancer