Cyber-Seminar: Using State Cancer Profiles for Cancer Control ► NCI Cancer Bulletin for January 8, 2013 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Cancer Bulletin for January 8, 2013 - National Cancer Institute

January 8, 2013 • Volume 10 / Number 1

Cyber-Seminar: Using State Cancer Profiles for Cancer Control

The January 15 NCI Research to Reality (R2R) cyber-seminar will discuss how to use State Cancer Profiles for cancer control research and practice to make a local impact.
The State Cancer Profiles website provides a system to identify the cancer burden in a standardized way to motivate action, integrate surveillance into cancer control planning, and expose health disparities. The website provides interactive graphics and maps that help researchers and practitioners decide where to focus cancer control efforts.

Antoinette Percy-Laurry of NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences will provide an overview of the tool, highlight recently added features and measures, and describe how the tool can be used.

Amanda Raftery, of the Indiana State Department of Health, and Wendy Noe, of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central Indiana Affiliate, will share their experiences using State Cancer Profiles to develop and implement cancer control plans and programs in Indiana.

For more information and to register, visit the R2R website, where you can join discussions. All R2R cyber-seminars are archived on the website about 1 week after the presentation. For more information on the cyber-seminar series, please e-mail ResearchtoReality@mail.nih.gov.