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Counting and Tracking Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers in the United States


Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 12:50 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.

Cheryll Thomas, MSPH, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
This session will focus on current oral cancer estimates by race/ethnicity and highlight approaches to collect cancer data.

Learning Areas:

Epidemiology
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Describe the functions of population-based cancer registries in the United States Describe in detail how the objective for early-stage oral and pharyngeal cancers is calculated.

Keyword(s): Cancer Prevention and Screening, Oral Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have 16 years of cancer epidemiology and surveillance experience with five years at the American Cancer Society and 11 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I worked in the Cancer Surveillance Branch for six years on several projects, most notably the United States Cancer Statistics Web publication and the National Program of Cancer Registries—Cancer Surveillance System. I am a workgroup member of the Healthy People 2020 Cancer Focus Area Workgroup.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 5171.0: Invited/Hybrid Healthy People 2020: Oral Health Progress Update