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Created by the Texas Legislature in 1985, the Texas Cancer Council is the state agency dedicated to reducing the human and economic impact of cancer on Texans through the promotion and support of collaborative, innovative and effective programs and policies for cancer prevention and control. Its Texas Cancer Plan serves as a comprehensive, statewide blueprint for meeting the growing challenge of cancer control among all sectors of the state — public, private and volunteer — and represents a broad consensus about ways to address the priority issues of prevention, early detection and treatment. The Council promotes implementation of the Plan both by direct intervention and by funding cancer control projects.
The Council is an “initiatives agency” that provides state funds as “seed” money to stimulate critically needed cancer services around the state. Council projects focus on public and professional education, early detection, information and referral and access to care and quality of life.
In addition to funding the formulation of this Action Plan on Colorectal Cancer for the State of Texas, the Council funds the Texas Cancer Data Center, the Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) and the Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP) on an ongoing basis, as well as special projects in West Texas and El Paso that promote awareness and early detection of colon cancer for selected underserved populations.
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