Cancer Prevention Institute Publishes Atlas of Cancer in Ohio
Posted on: Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:00 CDT
DAYTON, Ohio, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cancer Prevention Institute (CPI) just released the first and only cancer reference guide showing incidence and mortality rates for 16 of the most common cancers, mapped by county in Ohio. CPI, based in Dayton, Ohio, is committed to cancer screening and education for the underserved and a member of Premier Health Partners.
The book, Atlas of Cancer Incidence & Mortality in Ohio 1996 - 2001, by Jerzy E. Tyczynski, PhD; Kari Pasanen, MSc; Hans J. Berkel, MD, PhD; and Eero Pukkala, PhD, was published in June 2006 to help CPI identify patterns of cancers in Ohio. Researchers will use the data to better understand the magnitude and scope of cancer so community health programs can be designed to successfully lower cancer death rates.
"The outcome of this project indicates elevated risk for cancer in various hot spots of Ohio, and highlights unfavorable differences in mortality among blacks, but surprisingly does not provide for a large variation in geographic difference for cancer in the state," said Jerzy E. Tyczynski, PhD, an author of the book while working at CPI and now an epidemiologist with a pharmaceutical company. "My conception for this project had as much to do with creating a measurement device for future programming as it did with determining the occurrence and frequency of cancer so we could better direct our work in preventing it."
The authors used a research mapping technique developed by the Finnish Cancer Registry in Helsinki, Finland that focused on a "smoothing" method in which weighted averages of cancer per county were calculated versus geographic location of a patient with cancer at the time of diagnosis. The result is pages of color-coded smooth maps of Ohio without county borders.
For up to nine copies of the wire-bound book or CD-rom, price is $45 including s/h through http://www.cancerpreventioninstitute.org/. Discounts are given for book orders more than 10. For information, contact 877-274-4543.
Cancer Prevention Institute
CONTACT: Jayme Soulati of Marketing, Media & More for CPI,+1-937-312-1363
Web site: http://www.cancerpreventioninstitute.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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