Cancer
In Colorado, 1 in 2 men and 2 in 5 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
Cancer in Colorado
The 2021-2025 Colorado Cancer Plan clearly sets goals, objectives, and strategies across the cancer continuum of care: prevention, screening and early detection, treatment, and survivorship. It calls for addressing the risk factors for cancer by reducing obesity and tobacco use, improving the built environment, and integrating health systems to improve the quality of care and survivorship.
- 2021-2025 Colorado Cancer Plan. (Colorado Coalition website)
The Colorado Cancer Coalition
Statewide partnerships are integral to accomplishing the goals set out in the Cancer Plan. The Colorado Cancer Coalition is a valued partner in implementing the work of the Cancer Plan and the Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.
- Colorado Cancer Coalition (CCC). Colorado Coalition website)
Colorado Central Cancer Registry
The Colorado Central Cancer Registry provides complete statewide data on cancer.
- Colorado Central Cancer Registry. (webpage)
Women's Wellness Connection (WWC)
- Screenings
- Breast and cervical cancer screenings can save lives. Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC) offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings at more than 100 clinics across Colorado to those who qualify. WWC also provides health navigators who can help with the process of getting the right tests, including mammograms, Pap or HPV tests, and any needed follow-up tests.
- Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC). (Women's Wellness Connection website)
- Breast and cervical cancer screenings can save lives. Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC) offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings at more than 100 clinics across Colorado to those who qualify. WWC also provides health navigators who can help with the process of getting the right tests, including mammograms, Pap or HPV tests, and any needed follow-up tests.
- Grantee resources
- Cancer Prevention and Early Detection program grantees can take advantage of grant management resources.
- Help for grantees. (Cancer Prevention and Control website)
- Cancer Prevention and Early Detection program grantees can take advantage of grant management resources.
Clinical Quality Improvement for Cancer
Cancer Clinic Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives support the implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions (EBI) for cancer screening among primary care and federally qualified health systems to equitably improve cancer screening among priority populations by building capacity within health systems.
- Clinic Quality Improvement for Population Health. (Cancer Prevention and Control website)
Funding opportunities
- Funding opportunities for cancer prevention are available through:
Related programs
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
- The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) is a program for patients who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. BCCP also covers breast and cervical conditions that may lead to cancer if not treated.
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP). (Department of Health Care Policy & Financing website)
- The Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) is a program for patients who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer. BCCP also covers breast and cervical conditions that may lead to cancer if not treated.
- Community Health Worker workforce development
- The Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiative (formerly the Health Navigator Workforce Development Initiative) aims to define competencies and standardize training for unlicensed Community Health Workers, introduce voluntary credentialing and a Health Navigator Registry, and engage partners to promote sustainability of the Community Health Worker workforce in Colorado.