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What CDC is DoingDownload the 2008/2009 Prostate Cancer Initiatives Fact Sheet (PDF-490KB). AccomplishmentsThrough the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, CDC has supported the development of Comprehensive Cancer Control plans in all 50 states and in several tribes and U.S. Associated Pacific Islands and territories. Many of these plans include activities to control the burden of prostate cancer. Publications developed by CDC include Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide, which presents a balanced approach to the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening and enables men, their families, and physicians to make a decision that is right for them. CDC also created decision guides specifically for African American men and Hispanic men. Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide for African Americans and La detección del cáncer de próstata: Una guía para hispanos en los Estados Unidos (PDF-512KB) help men make informed decisions about screening by providing information about the prostate gland, prostate cancer, and prostate cancer screening. These guides encourage men to decide whether screening is the right choice for them. Also available is a Web-based slide presentation, Screening for Prostate Cancer: Sharing the Decision, designed to give primary care physicians information about the potential benefits and risks of prostate cancer screening and to explain how clinicians can help each man make the best choice. To expand its series of educational materials about prostate cancer screening, CDC developed a CD-ROM that fostered dialogue between patients and physicians, and helped men aged 50 years or older make informed decisions about prostate cancer screening. It featured interactive tools, various medical and public health perspectives on prostate cancer screening, and different conclusions patients might reach about screening after weighing all of the issues. A limited number of CD-ROMs were produced and distributed while supplies lasted. At this time, there are no plans to reproduce the CD-ROM. These and other public health efforts that address prostate cancer support CDC's overarching goal of healthy people in every stage of life. They also address the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing the prostate cancer death rate by 10%. Ongoing WorkCDC's prostate cancer activities for fiscal year include:
These activities will further efforts to develop appropriate public health strategies for prostate cancer, increase sharing of screening-related information between providers and their patients, and advance CDC's overarching goal of helping older adults live better, longer. Future DirectionsCDC will continue to support intramural and extramural awareness about prostate cancer and research efforts to:
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
Page last reviewed: November 24, 2008
Page last updated: November 24, 2008 Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
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