On Aug. 24, 2018, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it passed a $2 billion milestone, after approving 64 new research, product development, and prevention grants to fight cancer.

CPRIT grantees stretching across Texas provided evidence-based prevention services for tobacco cessation, liver cancer, HPV vaccination, breast cancer screening, and the prevention of obesity related cancers because of 10 new prevention awards.