Cancer Prevention and Control Branch
Highlights and News
Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer
Risk factors for prostate cancer include being male and age 50 or older. Prostate cancer is more common in Black men and men who have a family history of prostate cancer.
Learn more about prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer in Black Men
Black men are more likely than other men to get prostate cancer and at a younger age. Talk to your doctor about getting screened.
Learn about the risk factors
Symptoms of Prostate Cancer
Different people have different symptoms. Talk with your doctor if you have trouble urinating or notice pain, burning or blood.
Learn more signs of prostate cancer
About the Branch
The purpose of the Cancer Prevention and Control Branch is to reduce the overall cancer burden in North Carolina.
This is accomplished by:
- Planning, directing, and supporting cancer prevention and control efforts through collaborative work with partners in local, state, and national organizations, and universities.
- Reducing the number of people who get and die from breast and cervical cancers and cardiovascular disease by providing testing and follow‐up services for uninsured and underinsured women in North Carolina.
- Identifying opportunities to promote healthy behaviors related to eating, exercising, not using tobacco products, and safe environments.
- Recommending health education activities for everyone.
Helpful Links
- NC Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Cancer
- National Cancer Institute
- World Health Organization (WHO): Cancer
- Healthy People 2030
- Healthy North Carolina 2030
- North Carolina Institute of Medicine
- Center Watch - Clinical Trials Listing Service
- Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP)