The Cancer Prevention Institute of California, located in Fremont, California, is a center for cancer research, examining the incidence of cancer among general and specific groups of people at the local, state, and national level, and for the dissemination of cancer screening information.CPIC studies help scientists and public health agencies understand when ethnic, racial, or other demographic-based variables result in health disparities wherein one group has a higher incidence of cancer compared to other groups of people. For example, CPIC research has demonstrated the higher incidence of colorectal cancer among certain Asian populations. The organization was also instrumental in identifying and understanding factors leading to the markedly higher incidence of breast cancer among women i