In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paid for the creation of the Wyoming Comprehensive Cancer Control Consortium. The goal of the group is to reduce the burden of cancer.

Screenings are an effective tool to fight cancer, said Loretta Wolf from the Wyoming branch of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and a member of the cancer control consortium. And the state has made great strides to get more residents checked.

Lawyer said screenings can catch an abnormal tissue growth before it becomes colorectal cancer. A push for cessation programs in Wyoming gives more people the tools to quit smoking and avoid lung cancer.