The Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control CSCC

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The Canadian Strategy forCancer Control(CSCC)

• Simon Sutcliffe
• Chair, Governing Council, CSCC
• Executive Director, BCCA

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• Why do we need a cancer control strategy?
• because cancer is a process, not an outcome
• cancer - a treatment issue (1975 - 2000)
• cancer - a population issue

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Cancer Progression
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Relative Rates by Age and Sex Smoothed and Age
Standardized 1973100
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• Why do we need a Canadian strategy?
• a Canada Health Act
• portability of health and illness
• variation in cancer control parameters

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Provincial /Territorial Ministries
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Progress
Working Integration Groups
feedback
Set priorities
12 WG Reports,Synthesis
ConsultationConference
Governance/ Implementation (Feb 8-9)
Steering committee
Council
1 (Jun 12)
2 (Oct 2)
ImplementationGroups
2000
2001
1999
2002
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Priority Selection Process
If everything is a priority, nothing gets done
94 recs generated
Theme and Topic Working Groups June 2000
53 recs included in synthesis report
Integration Group September 2000
Consultation Conference Feb 2001
32 action steps identified across 8 themes
Steering Committee July 2001
10 action steps chosen to rank
Governance structure 5 action priorities
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Action Plan
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Council

• Patient/survivor/advocates (5 - Canadian Cancer
  Advocacy Network)
• P/T cancer agencies or ministry (11)
• Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer
  Agencies
• Canadian Cancer Society
• National Cancer Institute of Canada
• Health Canada
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research
• Chairs of priority area Implementation Groups
• Liaison F/P/T Advisory Committee on Population
  Health

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• What does the CSCC really mean?
• We must do what we already know as effectively
• as we can (policy, standards, guidelines, etc)
• We must know more about cancer and its
• control (research, knowledge transfer)

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• What does it mean for B.C?
• are we aligned with the Strategy?
• (strengths gaps)
• are the processes and tools in place?
• are the necessary relationships in place?
• what will be our governance and
• implementation structure?
• what will be our next steps