Program Activities

The Cancer Control Research Program is involved in:

• Anticipate growth in communications research aimed at adoption of cancer behaviors
  • With increased emphasis on interventions
  • Translational projects with FMRI
• Anticipate growth in communications research aimed at patient decision-making
  • Trials of decision aids
  • Basic work into how patients understand medical information
• Anticipate continuation of strong registry research
  • Colon cancer registry funding
• Anticipate dissemination research on screening in office settings
• Increased publication on technology assessment
  • With the completion of the LCST
• Anticipate R01-level projects on use of problem solving for symptom management and preservation of function in cancer patients
• More research directed at understanding why outcomes of cancer care vary by region
• More collaboration with TDI both in the area of outcomes research and in the education program