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If you are developing articles or promotional materials regarding Cancer Control Awareness Month, you may want to consider including the following ideas, whether you are writing for the general public, patients, or health care professionals.

Health care professionals have unique opportunities to share information with the clients they serve. April is a good time to discuss the importance of cancer screening with patients.

If you wish to write an article that includes information about the human and financial costs of cancer in Michigan, please refer to The Cancer Burden in Michigan: Selected Statistics (December 2006 revision).

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  • April is National Cancer Control Awareness Month.

  • Coordination is often lacking between site-specific (i.e., breast, cervical, colorectal) and risk factor-specific (i.e., smoking) cancer control programs.

  • The purpose of comprehensive cancer control is to work toward an integrated and coordinated approach to reduce the incidence, morbidity and mortality of cancer.

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  • Comprehensive cancer control is accomplished through prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation.

  • The goal of comprehensive cancer control is to maximize the use of resources from various cancer control programs to save money, avoid unnecessary duplication, and achieve a greater impact with program activities.

  • The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) began funding for Comprehensive Cancer Control in December 1998.

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  • Since 1998, the number of programs participating in the CDC's National Cancer Control Program has grown from six to 61.

  • Michigan is one of 61 programs that is receiving CDC funding to implement its comprehensive cancer control program.

  • Implementation of Michigan’s comprehensive cancer control plan is taking place through the Michigan Cancer Consortium (MCC) and its MCC Initiative.

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  • The MCC Initiative is a unique project in which public, private and voluntary organizations across the state are working together to achieve specific cancer control priorities.

    (For a list of the 10 MCC Initiative priorities, visit www.michigancancer.org/AboutTheMCC/
    PriorityObjectives.cfm    .)

  • "Michigan has become a model for the nation because of its innovative approach to statewide cancer control. It was the Michigan Cancer Consortium that provided the vision and leadership for these efforts," former Governor John Engler said.

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  • The MCC Initiative efforts are being facilitated by the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Cancer Prevention and Control Section.

  • For more information about the MCC Initiative, call the Michigan Cancer Consortium office toll-free at 877-588-MCCI or e-mail us at Email Address.


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