Cancer Prevention and Control

The Comprehensive Cancer Control Program announces a Request for Proposals (RFP).  Click here for information on the Community Implementation Project RFP.

MAY is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.  Click here for the MDCH Skin Cancer Fact Sheet.

Opportunity for Cancer Survivors - the American Cancer Society is looking for post-treatment cancer survivors to participate in an online workshop and national study. If you are interested in joining and meet the eligibility criteria, you may be selected to be one of 600 cancer survivors to participate.  www.cancer.org/ncccp 

First offered in March 2013, and sponsored by the MCC Health Disparities Workgroup and Policy Committee, the webinar features May Yassine, PhD (Cancer Health Disparities in Michigan), Ernesto Drelichman, MD (Colorectal Cancer Screening and Reminder Systems for Providers and Patients), and Mitzi Koroleski, RN, BSN (Evidence-based Strategies for Engaging Rural Populations and Improving Screening Rates).

The Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program Cancer Inquiry System provides current information on cancer incidence and mortality rates in Michigan.  Through the Cancer Inquiry System, people can select criteria such as cancer site, sex, race/ethnicity, as well as use an interactive map to view and better understand the burden of cancer by county or from a statewide perspective. 

Visit http://www.cancer-rates.info/mi - April 2013

Michigan BRFSS Surveillance Brief featuring "Survivorship among Michigan Adults Diagnosed with Cancer" - November 2012

Cancer Information 

• Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program 
  Low-income women now have access to life-saving cancer screening services and follow-up care, including cancer treatment if that should be needed.
• Cancer Educational Materials
• Cancer Policy
• Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Program
  
  
     Prevent Cancer Super Colon™ Visits Michigan
  
  
• Community Health Workers  - Many health programs are turning to community health workers and promotores de salud (CHWs) for their unique ability to serve as "bridges" between community members and health care services.
• Governor's Task Force on Cervical Cancer Report   
  In 2006, Governor Jennifer Granholm commissioned a statewide Cervical Cancer Task Force (CCTF) to develop and promote a comprehensive, statewide prevention plan for cervical cancer, including recommendations for public awareness of the importance of cervical cancer screening, appropriate HPV testing, and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV4) Vaccine. This September 2006 Report contains the CCTF's recommendations to the Governor. 
• Michigan Cancer Consortium 
• The Cancer Burden in Michigan - Selected Statistics 1993-2011
• WISEWOMAN Program