Center for Cancer Prevention and Control

Each year, more than 33,000 Marylanders are diagnosed with invasive cancer, ​and more than 10,000 Marylanders die due to cancer. While the death rate from can​​cer in the United States has steadily declined since its peak in 1991, cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in the United States and in Maryland, behind heart disease.

The Center for Cancer Prevention and Control is dedicated to reducing the burden of cancer in Maryland.​

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. If you're 45 or older, it is time to talk to your health care provider about colorectal cancer screening. Routine screening is cancer prevention because colorectal cancer does not always have signs or symptoms. ​​