National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
CDC supports Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC)—a collaborative process through which a community and its partners pool resources to reduce cancer risk, find cancer earlier, improve access to quality treatment, and improve survivors' quality of life.
Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) is an integrated and coordinated approach to fighting cancer. CCC brings the power of collaboration to what otherwise might be a lonely fight. The result is a powerful network of groups that speaks with one voice about reducing cancer risk, detecting cancers earlier, improving access to quality cancer treatment, and improving survivors' quality of life.
In 1998, CDC established the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) to help states, tribes, and territories develop local CCC plans. Today, CDC funds CCC programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 7 tribes and tribal organizations, and 7 U.S. territories.
People from all corners of the cancer community gain new allies by participating in CCC. This allows them to pool resources, share expertise, and find new insight into better ways to get the job done. CCC plans help prevent overlap of efforts and direct resources to where they matter most.
The National Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control
To help coordinate CCC efforts, CDC works with many organizations, including:
- American Cancer Society
- American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
- C-Change
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Lance Armstrong Foundation
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- National Cancer Institute
- North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
Since 2000, the National Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control has:
- Sponsored a series of CCC Leadership Institutes.
- Conducted Planning Assistance Team visits.
- Maintained Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T., a Web portal that provides tools for CCC planners.
- Launched CancerPlan.org
to provide cancer control planners with practical information and resources, including the ability to connect with one another.
Ongoing Work
CDC will continue to:
- Provide seed money to help initiate and enhance CCC programs.
- Offer ongoing technical assistance to programs that are developing and implementing CCC plans, including how to identify and measure CCC accomplishments.
- Support partnerships that strengthen cancer control at the national, state, and local levels.
- Broaden awareness of the CCC concept and its benefits.
Collectively, these activities will improve the health of people in every stage of life—one of CDC's primary health protection goals.
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