“CPRIT prevention funds can help physicians address risk factors such as tobacco use or manage obesity and its health complications in patients.”
Costs have increased 28.6 percent since 2007. The report found CPRIT-funded pro- grams in cancer research and prevention have had a total economic impact of $1.1 billion in output (real gross prod- uct) and 14,212 jobs. It also says CPRIT generated about $291.6 million in an- nual state revenue, along with $183 mil- lion in annual revenue to various local governments. CPRIT awards grants for cancer-
related research and for cancer preven- tion programs and services by public and private Texas entities. For every re- search award, CPRIT requires recipients to dedicate their own funds to the cancer research project. Recipients’ matching funds must equal at least one-half of the institute’s grant award and be spent on the same area of cancer research. The legislature charged CPRIT to fo- cus on these goals:
• Create and expedite innovation in cancer research, thereby enhancing the potential for a medical or scientif- ic breakthrough in preventing cancer and finding cures.
grant funding totaling more than $760 million for research, commercialization, and prevention projects since the 2007 Texas Legislature approved $3 billion in bonds to create the organization. With additional funds from grant recipients, the institute has invested more than $902 million in Texas’ quest to prevent and cure cancer. CPRIT Chief Prevention Officer Becky
Garcia, PhD, says more than 200,000 Texans received a CPRIT-funded clini- cal service such as vaccinations, tobacco cessation counseling, genetic testing and counseling services, survivor care, or screenings and diagnoses for breast, cer- vical, and colorectal cancers. In addition, CPRIT grants enabled 38,021 Texans to be screened for cancer for the first time. Screenings provided by CPRIT detected 534 cancers. She adds CPRIT prevention funds
benefit Texas physicians and their pa- tients by educating Texans about early detection of cancer and healthier life- styles, providing access to cancer screen- ings, detecting cancers, and reaching
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populations at highest risk and most in need. “As of August, CPRIT’s education and training programs have reached 621,020 Texans. This includes direct public edu- cation and training of health profession- als to promote positive health behavior change among the public.”
CPRIT makes a difference Cancer is the leading cause of death among Texans younger than 85, accord- ing to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The Texas Cancer Reg- istry predicts the disease will take a dev- astating toll on the state’s population this year alone, with 110,000 estimated cancer diagnoses and 39,000 projected deaths.
In the 2011 update of its assessment of the economic impact of cancer and CPRIT, the Perryman Group estimates Texas’ annual direct medical costs and morbidity and mortality losses associ- ated with cancer totaled approximately $28.1 billion in 2011, up from $25.3 bil- lion in 2010.
• Attract, create, or expand research capabilities of public or private uni- versities and other public or private entities that will promote a substan- tial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state.
• Continue to develop and implement the Texas Cancer Plan, www.txcancer
plan.org, a statewide guide for cancer prevention and control. The plan, up- dated this year from the 2005 version, helps physicians access current best practices in risk reduction and early detection.
Lewis Foxhall, MD, chair of the Texas Medical Association’s Physician Oncol- ogy Education Program (POEP) Steering Committee and a member of the TMA Board of Trustees, says CPRIT’s focus dovetails nicely with the work of POEP, which receives funding from the insti- tute. POEP uses those funds to advance prevention efforts in a physician’s prac- tice. (See “POEP Receives CPRIT Funds,” opposite page.)
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