CANCER || Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base (v1.2)

Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base (v1.2)

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CDC Info
Cancer and Tobacco Use Tobacco use causes many cancers, CDC Vital Signs, November 2016
Lung Cancer Awareness
Breast Cancer in Young Women
The Cancer Moonshot, Hereditary Cancers and Population Genetic Screening MJ Khoury et al, CDC Blog Post, October 18, 2016
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Breast Cancer Awareness
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Have You or a Family Member Had Colorectal (Colon) Cancer?
What Are the Risk Factors for Skin Cancer?
U.S. healthcare facilities have capacity to meet colorectal cancer screening goals News Release, June 22, 2016
Cancer and Family History: Using Genomics for Prevention Watch Videos from the CDC Public Health Grandrounds, April 19, 2016
Health Disparities in Cancer
Liver Cancer Information
How much do you know about colorectal cancer? Take the CDC quiz
What Are the Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer?
Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. Talk to your doctor about getting screened.
CDC Blog Posts on Family History
Eileen’s Cancer Survivor Story I had a family history of cervical and uterine cancers but I didn?t get checked until I had symptoms.
Recommendations and Reality: What Personal Stories of Hereditary Cancer Can Tell Us R Green Fisk, CDC Blog Post 2015
Cervical Cancer Awareness
Protect Your Daughters from Cervical Cancer
My Personal Prescription for Surviving Cancer G Hilliard, CDC Cancer Blog Post, November 18, 2015
Bring Your Brave Campaign
Does Breast or Ovarian Cancer Run in Your Family?
How many genes have been reported in relation to testicular cancer
Fast facts on vaginal and vulvar cancer[PDF 979.58 KB]
Fast facts on ovarian cancer[PDF 858.94 KB]
Fast facts on uterine and endometrial cancer[PDF 622.85 KB]
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness
Why We Can’t Wait: A Public Health Approach to Health Disparities in Genomic Medicine,  by Muin Khoury, Genomics and Health Impact Blog, June 2013
What are the risk factors?
Prostate cancer
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer- Public Health Implementation Toolkit
CDC ovarian cancer information
Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Genetic Testing for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
A family health history of lung cancer is a risk factor for lung cancer
What you can do to lower your lung cancer risk
HPV and Cancer
The future of epidemiology in the age of precision medicine: Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and beyond
What should I know about screening?
Cervical cancer is preventable
Fact Sheet on Cervical Cancer[PDF 873.72 KB]
Cancer Survivorship
Can we use genetic stratification in population screening for cancer?
Human disease and bad luck: Acting on genetic & environmental factors to reduce cancer risk
Cancer prevention and control
CDC Information: Breast Cancer Awareness
CDC Medscape Expert Commentary: Genetics and BRCA in Primary Care by Katherine Kolor, Medscape, October 13, 2014
Using genomics in precision prevention of breast cancer,  by Muin J Khoury,Genomics and Health Impact Blog, April 23, 2015
Most cases of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, are caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light.
CDC Information: Cancer Prevention Starts in Childhood
CDC Paper: Targeted Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Individuals P Marcus et al, AM J Prev Medicine, July 2015
CDC Paper: Meeting the Healthy People 2020 Objectives to Reduce Cancer Mortality H Weir et al. Preventing Chronic Disease, July 2, 2015
CDC Information: Improving Health and Quality of Life After Cancer
Cancer and Men
Check out genes reported with risk and outcomes of brain cancers from the HuGE Navigator
CDC Information: Cancer Screening Tests
CDC Information: Skin Cancer Awareness
Check out genes reported in relation to risk of male breast cancer,  from the HuGE Navigator
CDC Information: Can Men Get Breast Cancer?
CDC Information: Cancer and Women
CDC Information: Share Your Story. Empower and Educate Young Women  About 11% of new breast cancer cases in the United States affect women under the age of 45, but many young women may not realize they are at risk for this disease.
Prevention and Control of Skin Cancer  CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
CDC Information: Health Disparities in Cancer
CDC Information: New analysis of breast cancer subtypes could lead to better risk stratification Annual Report to the Nation shows that mortality and incidence for most cancers continue to decline
Find out which genes have been reported in relation to thyroid cancer, from the HuGE Navigator
CDC Tier 1 Genomic Applications Implementation Toolkit for Public Health Departments Detailed Information on Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC)
CDC Information: Does Breast or Ovarian Cancer Run in Your Family?
Knowing BRCA Changed My Life By Debbie Wasserman Schultz, CDC Blog Post 2014
CDC Know:BRCA Tool  Some women carry certain genetic changes in their BRCA genes that increase their risks for getting breast, ovarian, and other kinds of cancers at a young age
Find out about genes reported in relation to kidney cancer,   from the HuGE Navigator
CDC Information: What is kidney cancer?[PDF 40.33 KB]
CDC Information: Skin Cancer Prevention Traveling for spring break? Don't forget to pack, protect yourself from the sun, and go!
Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
CDC Information: Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Did you know? >500 genes and 23 genomewide association studies have been reported with gastric cancer from the HuGE Navigator
CDC Information: World Cancer Day  CDC joins people, organizations, and government agencies around the world in taking a proactive approach to the fight against cancer, highlighting solutions that are within our reach. The fight against cancer is not beyond us.