2016-2020 Colorado Cancer Plan

Plan Overview: The Colorado Cancer Plan serves as the state’s road map toward reducing its overall cancer burden. The 2016-2020 Colorado Cancer Plan is organized along the cancer continuum of care: prevention, screening, treatment and survivorship. It represents a collaborative effort of diverse stakeholders from across the state allowing the plan to be grounded in the needs of our communities. The compiled data driven objectives and evidence-based interventions focus collaborative efforts across the state to pool resources and accomplish projects that would otherwise not occur. Colorado's first plan was released in 1996, which preceded CDC supported state level cancer plan development and implementation that now spans all 50 states, DC, 7 territories and 7 tribes or tribal organizations.

Plan Audience: Every person who is connected to the cancer community can have a stake in the plan. Traditionally primary care, oncology, non-profits, public health agencies and survivors were plan users, but the new plan hopes to increase the plan's visibility to reach health plans, environmental partners, local government agencies and specialty medical providers.

Plan Implementation: Building on the collaborative process that developed the plan, implementation has begun with a prioritization process that will narrow 45 items from the plan (stemming from 29 objectives), to roughly 4-6 using stakeholder input. At the Kick Off Event on Feb 11, 11 items will be presented, and stakeholder commitment levels will indicate what the Colorado Cancer Coalition will focus on for the next two years. The Coalition will be the hub of cancer plan implementation efforts with backbone support from CDPHE.

The plan will be officially released at the Cancer Plan Kick-Off Event on Feb. 11-12. View the agenda.