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We’re pleased to announce that Texas Cancer Information (TCI) earned national recognition with a Best Site Design award at a November 11 awards conference in Orlando, receiving third place honors in the Consumer Disease-Focused Site classification.
Criteria for Best Site Design category included:
Texas Cancer Information is now on Twitter! Follow us at www.twitter.com/TexasCancer and keep up with what's new on the Texas Cancer Information Web site, what new educational posters are available, and what resource surveys are underway.
Access to Care - All 254 Counties Complete, Plus 31 Counties Now Also Available in Spanish!
Texas Cancer Information’s Access to Cancer Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Texans is your guide to cancer screening and treatment services for low-income and uninsured Texans.
TCI has completed the Access to Care resource for all 254 Texas counties. We’re now working on translating these resources into Spanish, starting with counties with the highest Spanish-speaking populations. The following 31 counties are now available in Spanish:
Health Insurance Coverage in Texas Counties
To help Texans better understand issues surrounding access to health care services, Texas Cancer Information is now providing easy access to estimates for the number of insured and uninsured in Texas and in each Texas county.
The health insurance estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, that were revised August 3, 2009. The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program develop model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for counties and states, building upon the work of the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. The program is partially funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).
Poverty and Median Income Estimates for Texas Counties
To help Texans better understand issues surrounding access to health care services, Texas Cancer Information is now providing easy access to United States, Texas, and Texas county-level poverty and median income estimates.
The poverty and median income estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch, release date December 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program produces annual estimates of income and poverty statistics for all states, counties, and school districts. The main objective of the SAIPE program is to provide estimates of income and poverty for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.
Incidence, Mortality, Other Stats Now Updated
Texas Cancer Information provides easy access to cancer demographics and statistics for Texas, including at the county and regional level. We have recently updated and expanded the statistical information we provide.
You can now find updated cancer incidence, mortality and population data and generate profiles which include updated data on cancer resources and statistics for any county in Texas.
Cancer Profiles for Counties with Community Coalitions
As a special service to our community partners, TCI has prepared Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Cancer Profiles of counties that have cancer coalitions in one or more of their communities. These PDF reports, which include graphs and charts, can be printed and shared with community members and policy planners. Each Profile provides a picture of the impact of cancer on the county in terms of cancer incidence and mortality and the availability of cancer resources.
Coalition members can also generate non-graphical profiles to get the most up to date statistical and resource information (which are updated throughout the year) by visiting the Regional Profiles page and clicking on County Cancer Profiles.
The following counties have community cancer coalitions that are included in our Community Cancer Coalitions Database. Click on the name of the county to dowload its PDF Profile:
Community Events
Texas Cancer Information is now providing a Community Events page where community cancer coalitions can post information about upcoming meetings and events. The Community Events page, at http://www.texascancer.info/communityevents.html, will also provide information on cancer prevention, screening and educational events that may be of interest to coalition members and their communities. To have your meeting or event posted on the Community Events page, please e-mail Texas Cancer Information at info@texascancer.info.
Texas Cancer Facts and Figures 2008 Enhanced PDF and Supporting Data
The Texas Cancer Facts & Figures 2008 publicaiton represents the collaboration of several key Texas partners including:
- American Cancer Society, High Plains Division
- Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
- Cancer Therapy and Research Center at UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) at San Antonio
- Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
- Texas Cancer Information
- Texas Cancer Registry, Center for Health Statistics and Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Texas Department of State Health Services and
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The partnership publication is intended to assist healthcare organizations, health professionals, community groups, and others who are working to reduce the burden of cancer in Texas. It may also be of interest to policy-makers, advocates, and news organizations who seek detailed, easy-to-read information about the impact of cancer on Texans.
Texas Cancer Information, in cooperation with the American Cancer Society, High Plains Division and the Texas Cancer Registry, Texas Department of State Health Services, is providing an enhanced version of the new facts and figures document that provides:
- bookmarks and linked table of contents for easy access to topic sections, tables and figures;
- links directly from most figures and tables to Excel files containing the background data used to create them (click on the figure/table to access background data);
- links from footnotes throughout the document to source documents;
- links to publications referenced throughout the document;
- and links to collaborating agencies and other organizations referenced throughout the document.
The Texas Cancer Facts and Figures 2008 Enhanced PDF and Supporting Data page also provides direct links to the background data for the tables and figures, full size PDF maps, the unedited Texas Cancer Facts & Figures 2008 and a bookmarked version of Texas Cancer Facts & Figures 2004.
Each month, Texas Cancer Information will focus on a different cancer topic on the site home page and repeat the information here on the What's New? page. The Monthly Focus includes links to Texas Cancer Information databases and documents that provide information related to the current topic. It also includes links to external Web sites that contain useful information about the topic. You can find more related links in the Texas Cancer Information Links by Topic database.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Texas, but several types of cancer can be prevented and many can be effectively treated if detected early. Visit these texascancer.info pages to find information about cancer prevention and early detection:
Check out the Web sites below to learn more about what you can do to prevent cancer:
