Cancer Control Publications
Database of grantee and staff publications

Scientific Advances
Selected publications from the Behavioral Research Portfolio

Reports and Special Issues

Behavioral Research Program (BRP)

• Behavioral Research Program at NCI is reorganized , APA Psychological Science Agenda (September 2012)
• Funding for Basic Psychological Science at the National Cancer Institute , APS Observer (May/June 2012)
• New Journal Supplement on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination & Health (April 2012)
• NCI’s Approach to Supporting Basic and Applied Behavioral Science, Psychological Science Agenda (June 2011)
• The National Cancer Institute: A Hub for Psychological and Behavioral Sciences , APS Observer (May/June 2009)
• Funding Outlook for NCI: News from the Experts , Psychological Science Agenda (May 2006)

Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences

• Biological Mechanisms of Psychosocial Effects on Disease: Implications for Cancer Control Special Issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (February 2003)

Health Communication

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine Special Supplement, Cyberinfrastructure for Consumer Health (May 2011)
• Extending the reach, effectiveness and efficiency of communication: Evidence from the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (December 2010)
• Monograph: Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer (2007)

Process of Cares

• Understanding and Influencing Multilevel Factors Across the Cancer Continuum
• Toward Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Interfaces of Primary and Oncology Related Subspecialty Care (April 2010)

Tobacco Control

• Research to Reduce Global Tobacco Inequalities , supplement published by Cancer Causes and Control, March 2012
• Cigarette Smoking Interventions Among Diverse Populations, supplement published by American Journal of Health Promotion, May-June 2011
• The Role of Mentholated Cigarettes in Smoking Behaviors in United States Populations, special issue published by Addiction, December 2011
• Modeling to Advance Tobacco Control Policy, theme issue published by American Journal of Public Health, July 2010
• Tobacco and Pregnancy: thematic issue, supplement published by Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, May 2010
• The Impact of Cigarette Smoking on HIV/AIDS, supplement published by AIDS Education and Prevention, June 2009
• Light and Intermittent Smoking, supplement published by Nicotine & Tobacco Research, February 2009
• Tobacco Control Policies: Do They Make a Difference for Low SES Women and Girls - NCI Meeting Report (PDF), September 2008
• TReND’s LGBT of Color Sampling Methodology: Strategies for Collecting Data in Small, Hidden, or Hard-to-Reach Groups to Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities (PDF), March 2009
• National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Statement on Tobacco Use, special issue in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (PDF), December 2007
• Quitting Smoking Is Easier With Help, supplement published by Tobacco Control, December 2007
• Health Disparities Across the Cancer Continuum, supplement published by Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, November 2007
• Conceptual and Methodological Issues for Research on Tobacco-Related Health Disparities, supplement published by Addiction, October 2007
• Tobacco control policy and low socioeconomic status women and girls, supplement published by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, September 2006
• National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Statement on Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation and Control, Final Statement, June 2006
• Menthol Cigarettes – Setting the Research Agenda, supplement published by Nicotine & Tobacco Research, February 2004
• Tobacco Control Monograph Series
  Volumes 1-20 available online.

Meetings and Events

• October 26, 2012
  American Psychosomatic Society symposium, Toward Precision Cancer Care: Biobehavioral Contributions to the Exposome
• October 27-31, 2012
  American Public Health Association (APHA)
  Don’t miss the APHA Learning Institute course, Keys to Writing NIH Meritorious Proposals for Behavioral Science and Cancer Control in Public Health
• August 2-5, 2012
  American Psychological Association (APA)
• July 14–21, 2012
  Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory
• May 24-27, 2012
  Association for Psychological Science (APS)
• April 11-14, 2012
  Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
• January 26-28, 2012
  Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)