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Cancer Screening & Early Detection

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Cancer Screening & Early Detection

The American Indian Cancer Foundation’s (AICAF) Cancer Equity Program aims to reduce the cancer burdens on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people by increasing cancer screening and early detection rates across Indian Country. Program staff focus their efforts on raising awareness of many common cancers faced by Native people through:

  • Cancer awareness campaigns that promote screening

  • Culturally-tailored resources, trainings, and media tools

  • Community education and outreach activities

  • Collaboration with clinics to help build capacity and improve tribal health systems

While it is our mission to eliminate all types of illness in our communities, AICAF prioritizes the cancers that are most prevalent among our people. The team centers most projects around these topics: breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and oral cancers, and HPV immunization. Work for this program is currently funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP), as well as its National Breast and Cervical Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).

For more information on cancer screening and early detection, or to get involved in our programs, please contact health@aicaf.org.

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