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National Cancer Awareness Calendar

January
Cervical Cancer Month
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
2725 Alcatraz Avenue, Suite 282
Berkley, CA 94705
Phone: 510-832-2317
Email: hforster@nccc-online.org
February
National Donor Day
February 14
Division of Transplantation, OSP, HRSA
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, Room 16C-17
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD20857
Phone: 301-443-7577
Email: ask@hrsa.gov
March
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
1600 Duke Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 1-800-227-2732
Phone: 1-877-35-COLON
Email: enica.lewis@preventcancer.org
Fax: 703-836-4413
April
Cancer Control Month
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE.
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345
Phone: 404-320-3333
National Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
April 12 - 18, 2010
The Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 250550
Charleston, South Carolina 29425
Phone: 843-792-6624
Fax: 843-792-0546
Email: naseri@musc.edu
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
April 18-24, 2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-64
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Call: 1 (800) CDC-INFO http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/healthdisparities/
May
National Melanoma / Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA30329
Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345
Melanoma Monday
May 3, 2010
American Academy of Dermatology
930 East Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 1-888-462-DERM
Brain Tumor Action Week
May 4-10, 2010
North American Brain Tumor Coalition
1012 Pontiac Street
Denver, CO80220
Phone: 303-321-8914
Fax: 303-689-9627
Email: cindirixey@aol.com
June
National Cancer Survivors Day
June 6, 2010
National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation
P.O. Box 682285
Franklin, TN 37068
Phone: 615-794-3006
Fax: 615-794-0179
Email: info@ncsdf.org
July
No Cancer Events Scheduled
August
No Cancer Events Scheduled
September
National 5-A-Day Week
National Cancer Institute/Better Health Foundation
6130 Executive Boulevard
EPN 4050
Bethesda, M.D. 20892-7335
Phone: 1-800-4-CANCER
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
230 West Monroe, Suite 2528
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-578-1439
Fax: 312-578-9769
Email: info@thegcf.org
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
1311 Mamaroneck Avenue
Third Floor
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: 1-800-955-4572
Fax: 914-821-3607
Email: infocenter@leukemia-lymphoma.org
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
500 NE. Spanish River Boulevard, Suite 8
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: 1-888-OVARIAN
Fax: 561-393-0005
Email: nocc@ovarian.org
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Coalition
1154 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 1-888-245-9455
Email: info@pcacoalition.org
October
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
NBCAM
Email: nbcamquestions@yahoo.com
Multiple Myeloma Awareness Week
International Myeloma Foundation

November
Great American Smoke Out
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
Phone: 1-800-ACS-2345
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education
500 West 8th Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
Phone: 1-800-298-2436
Fax: 360-735-1305
Email: info@alcase.org
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-PanCAN
2221 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 131
El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: 1-877-2-PANCAN
Fax: 310-725-0029
Email: infomation@pancan.org
December
No Cancer Events Scheduled

View a list of National Health Observances
Source: 2009 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

 

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