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The Texas Cancer Data Center (TCDC)
provides information on health professionals, health facilities,
demographics and statistics, and community resources via the
Internet at no charge. TCDC is an information service, funded by the Texas Cancer
Council, dedicated to empowering Texans with the knowledge needed to reduce the human and economic impact of cancer.
TCDC databases can be used by Texans to find resources
related to different phases of cancer care - prevention,
screening and early detection, diagnosis and treatment, continuing
care - and to answer questions they may have about cancer.
Cancer Resources
- Texas
Cancer Council (TCC) and its projects which address cancer
prevention, early detection and cancer control in Texas
- Texas
Cancer Council and TCC Project Publications including Impact
of Cancer on Texas, Texas Cancer Plan, Human Dimensions
of Cancer Care, Texas Spit Tobacco Education and Prevention
Plan,and publications regarding cancer prevention materials
for African Americans and Hispanics
- Physicians
in Texas who treat cancer patients
- Acute
and General Care Hospitals in Texas
- Freestanding
Cancer Centers
- Mammography
Services
- Hospices
- Home
Health Agencies
- Tumor
Registrars
- Childhood
Cancer Resources
- Community
Resources including referral information on support, counseling,
education and additional assistance such as transportation,
housing and medical equipment
- Links
to statewide/Texas-based and national information and support resources
such as Texas Cancer Council projects, Texas and national American Cancer Society offices and services, and the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service
Demographics
and Statistics
- Texas
Population for selected years by age, sex, race/ethnicity,
and geographic area
- Texas
Cancer Mortality for selected years by site, age, sex, race/ethnicity
and geographic area
- Online
County Cancer Profiles which give an overall picture of
cancer mortality, population, and cancer resources within
the given county
- Texas Cancer Council Cancer Profiles in PDF format for Texas and the top 10 counties in Texas by population which provide additional information regarding cancer demographics and resources as well as graphs and charts
- Statistical
Topics including leading cancer death rates, comparative
rate tables for racial/ethnic groups, regions, cancer sites,
and years, population age distribution and more
Cancer Gateway of Texas
The Cancer Gateway of Texas provides convenient and organized access, through a series of coordinated links, to cancer-related resources, publications, and information available on the Internet. These links include Web sites based in Texas as well as those found across the country. Texas based sites are identified by a small Texas icon:
The links are reviewed for quality using a predetermined criteria and are organized by cancer topic and cancer type.
Click Here to Learn How
to Search TCDC Databases for the Information You Need
If you have any questions or problems accessing TCDC, please
call the TCDC staff at 713-792-2277 or send E-mail to tcdc@txcancer.org for technical assistance.
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