Cancer Links

Press Release on the CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP), which provides funding to 26 states and tribes across the United States. The program supports population-based screening efforts and provides colorectal cancer screening services to low-income men and women aged 50–64 years who are underinsured or uninsured for screening, when no other insurance is available. 

Press Release from the National Cancer Institute - Annual Report to the Nation Finds Declines in Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Special Feature Reveals Wide Variations in Lung Cancer Trends across States; this site offers additional links to the ACS, CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, and NAACCR.

Questions and Answers from the National Cancer Institute - Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control: Questions and Answers. Spanish translations of press release and Q&A are available.

Full-text, Open-Access article from the JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control