Cancer in Kansas causes a heavy toll in both lives lost and the burden of the disease
for patients and their families. Kansas has a long and rich history of taking a proactive
approach to public health. Cancer prevention and control is a logical and important step in
achieving the goal of Healthy Kansans by 2010 and beyond.
This website is dedicated to bringing Kansans current, scientifically accurate information to simplify the search for cancer resources.
Click here to view a copy of the Kansas Cancer Control
and Prevention Plan. |
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Regular physical activity helps improve your overall health and fitness, and reduces your risk for many chronic diseases.
 Click here for information from the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability.
Click here for information about Walk with Ease, a walking program to encourage people with and without arthritis to get started walking and stay motivated to keep active.
Click here for more information about Kansans Optimizing Health Program, a highly interactive program where people of various chronic conditions come together to learn and practice new skills over a six week period to manage their chronic condition.
Click here for more information about Healthy Kansas Communities Toolkit, an assessment tool which community groups can use to assess the current built environment's potential to integrate physical activity into daily routines as well as a resource guide to help communities change or improve upon various issues. |
“Comprehensive Cancer Control is an integrated and coordinated approach to reducing cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality through prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and palliation.”
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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