AMC Cancer Prevention and Control Program

In August, 2005, the AMC Cancer Research Center (formerly an affiliate organization of the UCCC) officially merged with UCCC, becoming a Center within the UCCC. Historically, AMC has focused on cancer prevention and control research, and provided UCCC with substantial expertise in this regard, as well as a robust portfolio of peer-reviewed research and program leadership. To acknowledge this new merger with AMC and its historic focus on cancer prevention and control research, the former Clinical and Community Cancer Prevention and Control Program was recently re-named the AMC Cancer Prevention and Control Program, with Dr. Al Marcus (the Scientific Director of AMC) continuing to serve as Program Leader.

Scientific Goal

To foster inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional research in cancer prevention, cancer control, population science and survivorship to reduce the cancer burden in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain region, and the nation.

Program Goals

• To emphasize on-going programs of research in prevention and control that will reduce the overall incidence, morbidity and mortality from cancer in the Rocky Mountain region and the nation as a whole. 
• To foster new collaborations and programs of research spanning the full spectrum of cancer prevention and control, from primary and secondary prevention to cancer outcomes research. 

Program Activities

To facilitate these collaborations and future programs of research, the Prevention & Control Program actively promotes, organizes and facilitates lectures, symposia and research planning meetings.

Program Members

This program includes 55 members, representing 20 departments and centers of the University of Colorado Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and several UCCC collaborating institutions, including Colorado State University (Fort Collins), The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado (Boulder) and the Veteran’s Administration. View member list.

Publications

From Oct. 1, 2006 through Sept. 30, 2007, the AMC Cancer Prevention & Control Program Members published 115 cancer-related publications. Of these, 21 (18%) were inter-programmatic or inter- and intra-programmatic publications; 15 (13%) were intra-programmatic or inter- and intra-programmatic publications. View publications list (pdf).