Grant ID 10-05
Awarded On September 01, 2009
Title Texas Cancer Information
Program Prevention
Award Mechanism Legacy Grant
Institution/Organization The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Principal Investigator/Program Director Lewis Foxhall
Cancer Sites All Sites
Contracted Amount $439,156
Lay Summary

Texas Cancer Information or TCI (www.texascancer.info) offers on-line and printed information for patients, caregivers, the general public, health care policy planners, researchers, physicians, and other health professionals. TCI maintains and updates databases of statewide health care providers, facilities, cancer programs, community resources and support information which are updated annually through a formal survey process.

Other online services include: population and cancer statistics by county and for the entire state, as well as an online resource titled Access to Cancer Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Patients available for each of Texas’ 254 counties. In collaboration with the P...

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