In 2002, the Governor commissioned the first State of New Jersey Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (NJCCCP). One of its recommendations from the chapter on over-arching issues included the preparation of Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment Reports at the county level to address the burden of Cancer. All 21 counties of New Jersey have taken this step and prepared their assessments in 2004.
The 2004 Camden County Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment Report analyzes the most currently available (1996-2000) county cancer incidence rates, mortality rates, and percentages of cancers diagnosed at late stages of the disease, for the seven priority cancers of the NJCCCP: breast cancer in women, uterine cervical cancer in women, prostate cancer in men, and in both men and women, colorectal cancer, lung, oral cancer, and melanoma skin cancer.
Through the development of the Cancer Resource Database of New Jersey (CRDNJ), each county has also begun to update the current resources that are available at the county level for cancer care.
The data-guided, evidence-based recommendations and interventions of the 2004 Camden County Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment address cancer prevention, control, and treatment priorities at the local, regional, and state level.
The second NJ Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for the next five years (2008-2012) has been received by the Governor’s office. The new plan will be web-based ans will also be available on CD.
The new Plan will include Ovarian Cancer in a new “Gynecologic Cancer” chapter.
Also the “Emerging Trends” chapter will address thyroid and esophageal cancers.
The Task Force Status Report to the Governor is finalized and has been posted on the OCCP website, http://www.njcancer.gov
Reports and Fact Sheets
Facts from the 2004 Camden County Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment [Acrobat PDF - 216 KB]
Cancer Control and Prevention Capacity and Needs Assessment Report Summary [Acrobat PDF - 660 KB]
Camden County Cancer Capacity and Needs Assessment Report - Fact Sheet [Acrobat PDF - 60 KB]
NJ Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan Fact Sheet [Acrobat PDF - 196 KB]