Contact:         Platt Thompson, Executive Vice President                         CRI Advantage, Inc. Phone: 208.287.4136 (office); 208-869-9798 (cell) Email: pthompson@criadvantage.com                           CRI ADVANTAGE SUPPORTS  CANCER DATA RESEARCH IN MEXICO --Awarded Contract with California Cancer Registry and Public Health Institute

Boise, ID - CRI Advantage, Inc. (CRI), a Boise-based information technology (IT) consulting firm, announced it has been awarded a contract to investigate the feasibility of implementing a cost-effective country-wide database of cancer incidence in Mexico.   CRI will be working cooperatively with the national non profit Public Heath Institute and State of California’s California Cancer Registry.   This initial project is being funded by Roche, one of the leading pharmaceutical and health care companies in the country.       “We are excited and honored to be a part of this effort to help further the documentation of cancer data in Mexico in order to develop strategies to combat this deadly disease,” stated CRI Executive Vice President, Platt Thompson. “We hope that in some small way, we will contribute to the reduction of cancer-caused mortality by learning more about the magnitude of the problem”.    Initially, CRI will provide two consultants to work with Mexico’s Registry Histopatologico de Neoplasias Malingas (RHNM).   CRI will support CCR technology experts in establishing a data architecture in the first phase of the project, followed by a technology architecture phase.    CRI Advantage played a significant role in the development of a web-based data collection system for the State of California’s Cancer Registry. The CCR is now recognized as one of the leading cancer registries in the world. Due to the size and diversity of the California population, more is now known about the occurrence of cancer in diverse populations than ever before.   The system was established with the support of the federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the non-profit Public Health Institute.      About CRI Advantage - Boise-based CRI Advantage, Inc. is one of the leading technology consulting and managed services firms in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1988, CRI has provided expert IT consultants to Fortune 500 firms, small and medium business, government agencies, non-profit organizations and educational institutions.  For more information please go to: www.criadvantage.com About California Cancer Registry - The Mission of the Sacramento-based California Cancer Registry is to serve the public by collecting statewide data, and conducting surveillance and research into the causes, controls, and cures of cancer and communicating the results to the public. For more information, please go to www.ccrcal.org.