Kentucky Cancer Consortium

September 4-5, 2008

The Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, in partnership with the Tobacco Prevention Enhancement Site and in collaboration with the Kentucky Cancer Consortium, is hosting a Summit entitled "Midwest Academy: Direct Action Organizing" on September 4-5, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lexington. The 2-day event will include programming from the Midwest Academy, a leading national training institute which looks to advance movements for social change by teaching a strategic, rigorous, results-oriented approach to social action and organization building. Registration will be limited to 100 participants. CHES and Nursing CEs will be provided. To register, visit KDPH's TRAIN website, and use course ID # 1014212. The registration deadline is August 30th.Click here to view the brochure.

View presentations from the Spring 2008 Summit:

"A Practical Guide to Breast Cancer"

"The Pap Smear: Is There Still a Place for a 55 Year Old Screening Test?"

"University-Community Collaborations: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices"

April 2-3, 2008

The Kentucky Cancer Consortium, in partnership with the Kentucky Women's Cancer Screening Program proudly hosted a Spring Summit entitled: "Collaborate Kentucky: Roads to Cancer Prevention". The Summit will be held in the Marriott Griffin Gate Hotel and Resort in Lexington, KY. Registration is free! CMEs have been requested for social workers, health educators, nurses, doctors and dietitians.

Browse the program agenda here.

Download presentations from the Summit here:

(coming soon)

May 2007

Kentucky Cancer Consortium's First Annual Summit was held on May 8-9, 2007 in Lake Cumberland State Resort Park. The event was a huge success! Link to radio story on the 2007 KCC Summit

For Summit session lecture lecture notes and links, see below.

The 2007 Summit of the Kentucky Cancer Consortium (KCC) aimed to showcase progress made in addressing the state’s cancer burden; to facilitate best practice sharing; to combine resources; and to provide networking opportunities for Regional Cancer Partners, Steering Committee members, and others involved with the important work of the KCC. Summit participants learned more about:

Benefits of comprehensive cancer control.
Vision of the KCC.
Goals and objectives of the Kentucky Cancer Action Plan.
Role of Regional Cancer Partners.
Evidence-based prevention and early detection programs.
Using cancer data as a planning tool.
Working with the media.

"Comprehensive Cancer Control In Action”, presented by Susan Leigh

"The Colon Cancer Prevention Project: Resources for Community Collaboration", presented By Whitney Jones, MD and Angela Champion

Panel Discussion: "Using Evidenced Based Practices in Prevention and Early Detection Programs". Presentation available from: Dan Kenady, MD

"Evaluation: Exploring a Web-Based Tool" presented by Jennifer Redmond

"Cancer Survivorship: Quality of Life FOR Life", presented by Susan Leigh

"Using Data for Cancer Control", presented by Tom Tucker, PhD, Jaclyn Nee, and Bin Huang

Panel Discussion: "Bringing Cancer Messages to the Community". Presentation available from: Barbara Markowic