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Delaware Cancer Consortium Hosts 2024 Biennial Retreat

On April 9, 150 Delaware Cancer Consortium (DCC) members gathered for their 2024 retreat for presentations by prominent local and national speakers, including four cancer survivors who shared their diagnosis, care, and experience living with cancer. The theme was Vision. Purpose. Action. Coming Together to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, aligning with DCC’s goal to implement culturally inclusive initiatives […]



  • Delaware Health and Social Services
  • Division of Public Health
  • News
  • Bureau of Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Cancer Control Month
  • Delaware Cancer Consortium
  • Delaware Cancer Registry
  • Delaware Cancer Treatment Program
  • Governor John Carney
  • Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
  • Minority Cancer Awareness Month

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Delaware Cancer Mortality Continues to Decrease; Public Health Releases Annual Cancer Report

Cancer screening and early detection efforts continue to drive down Delaware’s all-site cancer mortality rates, say Delaware public health officials. From 2000-2004 to 2010-2014, Delaware’s cancer death rate decreased 12 percent, an impressive improvement though slightly lower than the decline seen nationally (14 percent), according to the latest cancer data announced by the Division of Public Health (DPH).




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Delaware Cancer Mortality Rate Continues to Decline; Public Health Releases Latest Cancer Report

DOVER – Cancer screening and early detection efforts continue to drive down Delaware’s cancer death rates, say state public health officials. In particular, officials are seeing dramatic improvements in the all-site mortality rate among non-Hispanic African-American men, which decreased by 30 percent between the five-year periods of 2001-2005 and 2011-2015, according to the latest cancer […]