This theme calendar will keep you informed about designated cancer-related observations and help you plan educational and outreach activities around them. It is our hope that the calendar and its cancer-related theme observations will lead to sustained activities to address MCC topics of interest, much the same way the designation of Breast Cancer Awareness Month has led to regular activities in the area of breast cancer awareness each October.

Resources for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January)

• Ideas for activities (revised 12/14/05)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• Template for article promoting Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (revised 12/17/09)
• Template for mailing insert promoting Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (revised 12/17/09)
• Sample article: "The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine" (posted 12/14/06) (available as a Microsoft Word document)
• Additional resources for cervical cancer education and the promotion of cervical cancer awareness (revised 02/10/10)

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Resources for Clinical Trials Awareness Month (February)

• Ideas for activities (posted 12/31/01)
• Main points for articles (revised 01/17/06)
• Additional resources for clinical cancer trials education and the promotion of clinical cancer trials awareness (revised 09/25/09)

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Resources for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (March)

• Ideas for activities (revised 03/04/05)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• Template for article promoting Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (revised 02/09/10)
• Template for mailing insert promoting Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (revised 02/09/10)
• Additional resources for colorectal cancer education and the promotion of colorectal cancer awareness (revised 02/10/10)

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Resources for National Cancer Control Awareness Month (April)

• "April — National Cancer Control Awareness Month" (Michigan Department of Community Health fact sheet; April 2009 revision) (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
• Ideas for activities (revised 04/14/09)
• Links to resources (revised 02/18/09)
• MCC Cancer Advocacy ToolKit (revised 10/20/09)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• Sample article for National Cancer Control Awareness Month (available as a Microsoft Word document) (revised 05/20/09)
• Literature summaries for health professionals (revised 03/25/08)

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Resources for National Minority Cancer Awareness Week (3rd week in April)

• "April 16-22, 2009 — National Minority Cancer Awareness Week" (Michigan Department of Community Health fact sheet; April 2009 revision) (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
• MCC Cancer Advocacy ToolKit (revised 10/20/09)
• Ideas for activities (revised 03/01/02)
• Links to resources (revised 03/02/09)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)

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Resources for National Cancer Survivors Day (1st Sunday in June)

• "National Cancer Survivors Day — June 7, 2009" (Michigan Department of Community Health fact sheet; June 2009 revision) (available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file)*
• Additional resources for cancer survivorship education and the promotion of cancer survivorship awareness (posted 02/07/10)

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Resources for Prostate Health Awareness Month (September)

• Ideas for activities (posted 06/01/01)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• Sample article for Prostate Health Awareness Month (available as a Microsoft Word document) (revised 08/25/09)
• Template for mailing insert promoting Prostate Health Awareness Month (revised 08/17/08)
• Additional resources for prostate health education and the promotion of prostate health awareness (revised 11/11/09)

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Resources for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October)

• Ideas for activities (revised 07/26/03)
• Main points for articles (revised 09/09/09)
• Sample article for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (available as a Microsoft Word document) (revised 10/02/09)
• Template for mailing insert promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month (revised 09/09/09)
• Additional resources for breast cancer education and the promotion of breast cancer awareness (revised 02/10/10)

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Resources for MCC Tobacco Cessation Awareness Month/National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November)

• Ideas for activities (revised 11/23/02)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• National tobacco-related observances (revised 03/03/09)
• Sample article for National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (available as a Microsoft Word document) (revised 11/02/09)
• Template for mailing insert promoting MCC Tobacco Cessation Awareness Month/ National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (revised 10/14/08)
• Additional resources for tobacco cessation and lung cancer education and the promotion of tobacco cessation and lung cancer awareness (revised 11/02/09)

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Resources for End-of-Life Care Awareness Month (November)

• Ideas for activities (revised 11/09/08)
• Main points for articles (revised 03/02/09)
• Additional resources for end-of-life care education and the promotion of end-of-life care awareness (revised 11/03/09)

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last revised: 02/10/10