Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. Canada
April 2012 marks the beginning of the Partnership’s second five-year mandate and the next phase of implementing Canada’s national cancer strategy. The priorities and initiatives for the next five years are outlined in our 2012-2017 strategic plan, Sustaining Action Toward a Shared Vision. Our website will soon be updated to reflect the activities supporting the strategic plan. The information below reflects the priorities and accomplishments of our work between 2007 and 2012.
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) Canada is a web-based resource for Canadian health professionals who make decisions about cancer control. Development of this resource leveraged existing work by the National Cancer Institute in the United States.
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. Canada enables users to interactively chart provincial and territorial data and identify potential research partners.
Progress to date
Enhancements are focused on making this online resource for surveillance information more accessible to more users.
- With the launch of the French-language Portail canadien P.L.A.N.E.T. sur la lutte contre le cancer in April 2009, this surveillance resource is now available in both official Canadian languages.
- Since July 2009, Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. has been housed on www.cancerview.ca, increasing access to the platform and boosting its visibility.
In the future this web-based tool may allow review of evidence-based intervention approaches and programs, as well as provide capacity to link the data with national, provincial and territorial cancer control plans already published and in use.
