Virginia's Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (VACCP)
The mission of the VACCCP is to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of all cancers through prevention, early detection, treatment, and rehabilitation. VACCCP is working towards accomplishing its mission by developing partnerships, delivering health information, providing training, and shaping policy, systems, and environmental changes. The Virginia Cancer Plan guides the work conducted by the VACCCP and our community partners, and includes activities that:
- Encourage people to live a healthier lifestyle,
- Promote cancer screening tests,
- Increase access to cancer care, and
- Improve the quality of life for cancer survivors
The Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia (CACV)
The VACCCP partners with the Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia, known as CACV, to address the burden of cancer in Virginia by implementing goals, objectives, and strategies outlined in the Virginia Cancer Plan. CACV serves as an important alliance of organizations and individuals working together to provide statewide guidance, support, leadership and coordination of cancer prevention and control activities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Virginia Cancer Registry
The Virginia Cancer Registry (VCR) is a statewide registry of data on individuals diagnosed or treated in Virginia or Virginia residents who received cancer care out of state. This data helps to guide cancer control and prevention programs and initiatives.
The Virginia Department of Health maintains the Virginia Cancer Dashboards, a collection of individual dashboards providing cancer data by locality, health district, sex, race, and cancer site. The dashboards show the burden of cancer incidence and mortality in Virginia.