USC Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Cancer Prevention & Control Program, University of South Carolina

The Cancer Prevention and Control Program (CPCP) works closely with individuals, organizations, and communities to encourage and make possible cancer prevention, early detection, and appropriate care for those diagnosed with cancer. The CPCP has many current projects, in which research findings are used for planning, monitoring, and evaluating cancer prevention and detection activities throughout the state. We are committed to finding solutions to ease the burden of cancer affecting our residents.

PI: Dr. James R. Hebert

Demonstration project to set up farmers market at health center
February 5, 2010
USC scientists are developing a plan that could make fresh fruit and vegetables available to more people across South Carolina.

The project, spearheaded by the S.C. Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, will involve faculty from the Arnold School of Public Health and other colleges at USC, said Dr. James Hébert, director of the CPCP.

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Cervical Cancer in South Carolina
December 9, 2009
University of South Carolina public-health researchers will discuss the impact of cervical cancer in South Carolina at a media availability at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10.

The impact, along with solutions through research and community screening programs, is part of a comprehensive report that will be reviewed by Drs. Saundra Glover and Heather Brandt, researchers at the Arnold School of Public Health. The report also addresses the racial disparities in cervical-cancer deaths among African-American and white women, community programs for Hispanic women, the role of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer and access to care for low-income women.

The media availability will take place in the fourth-floor conference room of the Public Health Research Center, 921 Assembly St.

The Arnold School report is timely, given recent controversy over new guidelines for cervical-cancer screening that were released last month by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

For information or to arrange coverage, call Karen Petit at 803-777-5400.

CPCP Director Receives Prestigious K05 Award
October 1, 2009
CPCP Director Dr. James Hébert has received a prestigious award from the National Cancer Institute that will enable him to train new researchers and expand his own research in cancer prevention.

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