189-190 John P. Fulton, PhD, is Acting Associate Director, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, Rhode Island Department of Health, and Clinical Associate Professor, Brown U. School of Medicine. Objective The Rhode Island Department of Health assembled an Expert Panel on Cancer Prevention to advise the Department on revising the State's current cancer control plan, published in 1989. After reviewing the current approaches to cancer prevention recommended by national organizations and the most recent pertinent literature, the Panel proposed goals for cancer prevention to be incorporated in a revised cancer control plan for the State.
Methods Review current approaches to cancer prevention recommended by national organizations.
Review the most recent literature pertinent to cancer prevention. Propose goals for cancer prevention. Write a simple rationale for the proposed goals. Invite comments on the proposed goals and rationale. Prevent the use of tobacco by children.