Cancer prevention and control: A review of Institute of Medicine reports related to cancer control plans

The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been providing funding and technical assistance to every U.S. state, several tribes, territories, and Pacific Islands jurisdictions for the development of cancer control plans to prevent and control cancer within their populations since 1998. Sixty-nine plans now exist that contain evidence-based interventions for reducing high-burden cancers in each state, tribe, or territory. Before considering the developmental of a unifying cancer plan, a review of existing public health recommendations specific to cancer control in reports developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will be conducted. In this project, IOM publications from the last two decades which identify recommendations for the development of cancer control plans will be reviewed. Information regarding current public health recommendations, goals, strategies, and gaps related to cancer control will be included. We will present the information collected from these reports with respect to recommendations on primary cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis/treatment, survivorship, and end of life/palliative care. We will place these recommendations in the in the context of discussion regarding a national cancer prevention and control plan.