These reports contain cancer surveillance data and trends as well as other important cancer information since our first reporting year in 1996.
Understand current methods used in the data analysis of cancer in Oregon: Understanding OSCaR Data.
Quarterly Newsletter (Current and past newsletters)
CD Summary Newsletters
The CD Summary is a publication of the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology (ODPE), distributed every two weeks to health care providers and various public health agencies inside and beyond Oregon; media representatives; medical laboratories; hospitals; and other health professionals and institutions. Articles are contributed by staff members of the various programs within ODPE.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: Get Your Patients' Rears in Gear (pdf) February 2010
This CD Summary reviews data on colorectal cancer cases, deaths, and screening rates in Oregon, and provides updated information on screening guidelines.
- Lung Cancer in Oregon: Where We are at and What We can do About It (pdf) June 2008
In this issue of the CD Summary, we review the epidemiology of lung cancer in Oregon, touch briefly on the status of screening guidelines for this condition and review what clinicians can do to tackle this disease.
- Controlling Cancer in Oregon (pdf) March 2007
In 2004, a group of clinicians, public health professionals, and concerned citizens came together and developed the Oregon Comprehensive Cancer Plan. The plan addresses issues such as how best to ensure access to evidence-based, state-of-the-art cancer treatment, and strategies to decrease disparities in cancer burden.
- The Face of Cancer in Oregon (pdf) November 2004
The impact of cancer in the state, some basic steps you and your patients can take to lessen this impact, and how we?re doing statewide in implementing some of these steps.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention (pdf) January 2004
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in Oregon, behind lung and breast cancer. Every day, five Oregonians are diagnosed with invasive CRC, and it ranks fourth in incidence among cancers affecting Oregonians.
- Lung Cancer in Oregon (pdf) May 2003
In this CD Summary, we describe the epidemiology of lung cancer in Oregon with national comparisons for 1996?2000: Lung Cancer in Oregon.
- Prostate Cancer: to Screen or not to Screen (pdf) January 2002
Review a discussion of current screening methods and the controversy surrounding these screening methods in this issue of the CD Summary.
