Texas Cancer Data Center
This section has been updated from the original Sixth Edition to replace access and contact information that was no longer accurate.Overview and Mission Statement
The Texas Cancer Data Center (TCDC) is the unique resource dedicated to reducing the impact of cancer on Texans by collecting and providing computerized cancer data on resources, services, and statistics and by providing the link to other agencies and services. Texans have access to this unique resource not duplicated elsewhere through the funding of the Texas Cancer Council (TCC), a state agency. The Data Center was established in 1986 and has been providing Texans with online cancer information since 1987.
The TCDC provides information on health professionals, health facilities and services, cancer statistics, population and community resources available in Texas. Each database is updated a minimum of once a year.
Texans can access this information without charge via the Internet at http://www.txcancer.org/.
Cancer Statistics and Resource Information
Online Information
The Texas Cancer Data Center addresses the Texas Cancer Council priority
to make cancer statistics and resource information available to all
Texans. Some of the databases available online include:
- Population
- Cancer Mortality
- Statistical Topics
- County Cancer Profiles
- Physicians Who Treat Cancer Patients
- Acute and General Care Hospitals
- Freestanding Cancer Treatment Center
- Mammography Services
- Community Resources
- American Cancer Society Links
- Announcements and Events
The Data Center also produces and distributes Texas Cancer Council Cancer Profiles of the most populous counties and for the State. Texas Cancer Council Profiles give an overview of cancer mortality, population and cancer resources in a given Texas county comparing those findings to Texas as a whole. The Profiles are provided in order to increase public awareness of cancer statewide. These Cancer Profiles are updated annually and are available upon request from TCDC and the Texas Cancer Council. They have also been used by planners, researchers, legislators and other decision makers in their cancer-related endeavors and to promote cancer awareness.
Profiles on each county in Texas are also available online on the TCDC website.
Texans Who Use TCDC
TCDC health professionals, librarians, educators, resource planners, policy makers, cancer information specialists and the general public use TCDC online databases for patient referral, research and general information.
- The physician database is frequently used to locate physicians who specialize in the treatment of certain types of cancer.
- The county cancer profiles database gives an overall picture of cancer mortality, population and cancer resources in the county
- The statistical topics database provides comparative mortality rates of cancer in Texas for more than 70 cancer sites by sex, age, ethnicity and geographic area.
- The population and mortality databases are often used to answer questions about trends in cancer mortality and to develop research proposals.
- The community resources database includes referral
information on support, counseling, education and additional
assistance.
You will need
- Personal Computer
- Access to Internet services
- World Wide Web
World Wide Web (WWW) home page URL http://www.txcancer.org/ - E-Mail
Internet E-mail tcdc@txcancer.org
If you need further information or experience any problems, call the TCDC staff for assistance at 713-792-2277, Internet E-mail tcdc@txcancer.org, or send a letter to
1515 Holcombe Blvd.-223
Houston, Texas 77030
