Cancer Research

The cancer community has made extraordinary progress during the past two decades in developing and using cancer prevention strategies, early detection interventions, and cancer treatments. Nonetheless, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than half a million Americans every year.¹

CDC conducts and supports studies, often in collaboration with academic partners, to develop and apply sound science to reduce the burden of cancer and eliminate health disparities. This research uses many different areas of expertise (behavioral science, economics, epidemiology, health services, medicine, and statistics) to address the public health research needs of CDC programs, health care providers, people affected by cancer, and the larger cancer control community.

Scientists in CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control author or co-author many articles that are published in scientific journals each year. We categorize these articles by topic and fiscal year of publication.

¹Kung H-C, Hoyert DL, Xu J, Murphy SL. Deaths: Final data for 2005. (PDF-2.3MB) National Vital Statistics Reports 2008;56(10).