Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #106058

Eric J. Feuer, PhD, Surveillance Research Program, NIH, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 504, Bethesda, MD 20892-8317 and Kathleen Cronin, Statistical Research and Applications Branch, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, EPN 313, Bethesda, MD 20892-7344, 301-435-2792, cronink@dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov.

In assessing midcourse progress and potential for Healthy People 2010 goals it is important to understand the relationships between upstream goals (i.e. screening and risk factors) and their potential impact on downstream goals (i.e. mortality). The Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET, http://cisnet.cancer.gov/) is a collaborative group of grantees and NCI staff developing models for breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer to better understand the impact of cancer control interventions on current and future trends, and to guide cancer control planning. We use models in colorectal cancer to demonstrate how these models can be used to better understand the impact of achieving upstream goals on downstream objectives. We can also model the impact of increased efforts being initiated at the midcourse review.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to better understand the utility of simulation models to study the relationship between Healthy People 2010 upstream and downstream goals.

Keywords: Surveillance, Cancer

Related Web page: cisnet.cancer.gov/

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.