A Comprehensive Approach to Cancer Prevention and Control:
A Vision for the Future

Healthy People 2010 Cancer Objectives

Healthy People (HP) 2010,⁶ which defines the nation's long-term health objectives, contains 15 health objectives in a chapter focusing on cancer and additional related objectives in chapters on nutrition, oral health, and tobacco. The overarching goal of these objectives is to reduce the overall burden of cancer and to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in cancer morbidity and mortality rates.

All cancer prevention and control programs are encouraged to incorporate the goals of HP 2010 into their program activities. The full text of HP 2010 can be found at www.healthypeople.gov.