OUR MISSION: The Kentucky LEADS Collaborative is dedicated to reducing the burden of lung cancer in Kentucky and beyond through development, evaluation, and dissemination of novel, community-based interventions to promote provider education, survivorship care, and prevention and early detection regarding lung cancer.
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Introducing the Kentucky LEADS Collaborative
What is the Kentucky LEADS Collaborative? Principal Investigator Jamie Studts, PhD explains the mission of the Collaborative in this brief video.
Events
Register and attend the 2017 National Advocacy Summit!
Webinar on Lung Cancer Screening Set for March 8
November 2016 Lung Cancer Awareness Month Events in Kentucky
2016 Central Kentucky Free to Breathe Run/Walk
2016 Shine A Light Events in Kentucky
Kentucky LEADS at the statewide meeting of the Kentucky Cancer Program Regional Cancer Coordinators
Shine A Light events in Kentucky
5th Annual Lung Cancer 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Walk
Continued reasons for more hope and less stigma and nihilism.
Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy
nytimes.com
Adding immunotherapy to standard chemo treatments can halve the risk of death for people with the most common type of lung cancer, a new study shows.What do you think?
kyhealthnews.blogspot.com
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- As part of a larger tax bill, the Kentucky General Assembly voted April 2 to i...Kudos to Kentucky LEADS Collaborative co-investigator, Dr. Jessica Burris for her leadership role in promoting access to high quality evidence-based tobacco treatment in the oncology setting.
www.cancertodaymag.org/Pages/Spring2018/An-Opportunity-to-Quit.aspx
An Opportunity to Quit | Cancer Today
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A National Cancer Institute initiative is helping cancer patients quit smoking.Thanks to Kentucky LEADS Collaborative Community Advisory Board Member Heather Crabtree Wehrheim for forwarding this new infographic outlining where Kentucky stands with regard to lung cancer.