CANCER PREVENTION, EDUCATION, SCREENING, & TREATMENT

Local Public Health Component

• Develop clinical guidelines for targeted cancers
• Fund local jurisdictions to implement cancer prevention, education and screening
• Conduct regional training and provide assistance

Surveillance and Evaluation

• Collect standardized data on cancer education, screening and diagnosis activities in each jurisdiction
• Publish Biennial Cancer Report
• Collect, analyze, interpret and disseminate cancer data

Academic Research Center

• Fund translational cancer research at Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland
• Speed cancer research findings to practice.