Cancer Videos

Sandy Jones, a CDC public health advisor, tells the story of her son Noah’s cancer diagnosis. Sandy also talks about how the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) is working to increase the speed of cancer data reporting to help children with cancer get the support they need as soon as possible.

Cancer doesn’t wait and neither should you. Dr. Lisa Richardson, Dr. Robert W. Carlson, and Dr. Laura Makaroff talk about the importance of routine cancer screenings. A 20 second version is also available.

This video illustrates how award recipients in CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program and their community partners are working together to increase screening rates.

Cancer registries provide the data-driven foundation for cancer control efforts in the United States. Find out what they are, how they work, and who can use the data they provide.

Cancer will soon become the leading cause of death in the United States. As we plan for the future, we have to ask some hard questions.

In this session of Grand Rounds, experts explain how cancer genomics programs are working together to conduct surveillance and educate the public and health care providers about hereditary cancer syndromes. You will also hear how one woman’s personal experience with a hereditary cancer syndrome led her to become an advocate for patient and provider education.

Dr. John Iskander and Dr. Lisa Richardson discuss how establishing a patient’s family history can help health care providers identify genetic mutations that may lead to cancer.