Areas of Focus

Members of the Cancer Control Research Program are investigating the following areas:

• Prevention/Risk Reduction
• Adoption of cancer risk behaviors
• Community correlates of cancer risk behaviors
• Communicating about smoking

• Screening/Early Detection
• Office systems to enhance screening for cancer
• Technology assessment—Screening registry research
• Technology assessment—Clinical cancer screening trials
• Technology assessment—Cancer screening skepticism

• Quality of Care/Quality of Life
• Patient-oriented survivorship research
• Communicating with patients about cancer
• Developing theme: Health services research