Scope of the Council's Work
The Council is charged with ensuring a coorinated public and private system of cancer control programs throughgout the State. The scope of the Council's work includes:
- Educate and advise governmental officials, public
and private organizations, and the general public on
comprehensive State policies and programs aimed at reducing
and controlling cancer incidence and mortality among
Marylanders.
- Promote and coordinate, in cooperation with other
federal, state, local, or private agencies, unified
programs that identify and address the cancer needs
of Marylanders such as public and private partnerships
to improve access to prevention, screening, and treatment
services.
- Review existing and planned cancer programs in the
public and private sectors to assure proper allocation
of State resources.
- Promote and guide the use of the Maryland Cancer Registry
as a tool for research, planning, evaluation and targeting
of cancer control programs. The Registry is used to
track trends in cancer incidence, diagnostic stage,
mortality and risk factors for cancer.
- Further the development of the Maryland Cancer Registry
(MCR) through the Cancer Registry Advisory Committee
(CRAC) .
- Establish goals and priorities for cancer surveillance in Maryland.
- Advocate for improved access for the under and uninsured to screening and treatment programs.