Skin Cancer

Purpose/Mission

The Skin Cancer Task Force (SCTF) is a small network of Colorado institutions, businesses and individuals who work together to help reduce the incidence and magnitude of skin cancer in the state. We partner with schools, workplaces, child care centers, and other organizations to promote UV protection practices and policies related to shade, hats, sunscreen, and early detection.

Our objectives and strategies are outlined in the Colorado Cancer Plan. The Melanoma Chapter includes enhancing skin cancer education and prevention, promoting sun safety policies at workplaces and schools, working to insure that statewide legislation protects children and adolescents from the harmful effects of artificial tanning, creating new sources of shade, and increasing the early detection of skin cancers by physicians.

To find out more about the Skin Cancer Task Force, contact the Chair, or Click here to join the Task Force and to receive email reminders of meetings.

May Melanoma Awareness Month

AAD Tip of the Day

Press Releases
Don't Get Burned by the Sun - April 22, 2011
May Melanoma Awareness - April 29,2011

Meetings

The task force meets on the third Thursday of each month at 1 P.M. via conference call.

Agenda
09/15/2011
06/16/2011
05/19/2011
03/16/2011
02/18/2011
12/16/2010
09/16/2010
06/17/2010
05/20/2010
03/18/2010

Minutes
9/15/2011
6/16/2011
5/19/2011
3/16/2011
2/17/2011
12/16/2010
9/16/2010
8/19/2010
6/17/2010
5/20/2010
3/18/2010
2/18/2010

Contact Info

Chair of the Skin Cancer Task Force:
Rachel Burnett
303-565-4348

Task Force Members include:

The American Cancer Society is dedicated to reducing the incidence and mortality of skin cancer by promoting screening guidelines, developing awareness and education campaigns, and producing informational brochures and videos.

The Colorado Department of Education is committed to provide training and grant opportunities to schools to write and implement sun safe policies, educate staff and students, and make school environments more conducive to preventing skin cancer.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is devoted to controlling the incidence of skin cancer in Colorado through the efforts of the Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Program which provides leadership and coordination of statewide cancer control efforts. The Health Department also collects data to track progress toward meeting the 2010 Objectives listed in the Colorado Cancer Plan and is responsible for the inspection of Colorado tanning facilities.

Klein Buendel Inc., a small, women-owned health communication company, is dedicated to preventing skin cancer through research, education and health promotion. With an elite group of researchers, multimedia programmers and graphic designers, Klein Buendel creates innovative multimedia sun safety programs and resources.

Rocky Mountain Sunscreen is a Colorado based sunscreen company dedicated to providing high quality sunscreen to active Coloradans. Rocky Mountain Sunscreen was started by a strong desire to offer good, effective protection from the sun, and education remains a primary focus of what he does.

The University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, the only academic health center in the state and region, hosts the skin cancer prevention efforts of leading public health and dermatology experts. One research group investigates skin cancer prevention methods with an emphasis on education for children and their parents. Another research team focuses on dermatoepidimiology and skin cancer prevention with an emphasis on chemoprevention.

Helpful Links & Resources

State of Colorado Skin Cancer Information

Sun Safe Colorado