Cancer Prevention & Control Program
The goal of the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Program is to advance
the science and application of cancer prevention, control, and survivorship
research to reduce the burden of cancer and improve patient outcomes in
Oklahoma – and especially in the state’s large underserved
American Indian and rural populations –
through collaborative, transdisciplinary, interventional and educational efforts.
The specific aims of the CPC Program are:
- To conduct community-engaged research to address the disproportionate burden
of cancer affecting American Indian, rural and other underserved communities
in Oklahoma.
- To discover the mechanisms underlying tobacco initiation, maintenance,
cessation and relapse; and to develop and evaluate novel tobacco treatments
targeted to vulnerable and underserved populations.
- To conduct research that seeks to reduce morbidity and mortality, and to
improve quality of life for cancer patients and survivors.
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