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CPRIT approves six prevention awards to expand screening, navigation and HPV vaccination in underserved Texas areas
Summary
The oversight committee approved six prevention grants totaling multiple maintenance‑expansion and implementation projects focused on breast, colorectal, cervical and HPV vaccination outreach across West, South and East Texas and Bexar County.
The CPRIT oversight committee approved six prevention grant recommendations during its May 21 meeting. The Prevention Integration Committee recommended four cancer-screening/early-detection awards and two primary-prevention awards.
Why this matters: Prevention awards fund community-based screening, patient navigation and vaccination efforts that target underserved and rural counties in Texas and aim to increase screening uptake and follow-up care.
Award highlights - PP25-052 (BEST program), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso — maintenance-expansion breast cancer education, screening and navigation program covering more than 30 counties in West and South Texas; adds community partnerships and referral networks including social…
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