The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia
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The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia

Kentucky Students Take ACTION

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The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia

Kentucky Students Take ACTION

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Kentucky has more cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths than any other state in the nation, and most of these cases are concentrated in the fifty-four counties that constitute the Appalachian region of the commonwealth. These high rankings can be attributed to factors such as elevated smoking rates, unhealthy eating habits, lower levels of education, and limited access to health care. What is lost in the statistics is just how life-changing cancer can be—something that editors Nathan L. Vanderford, Lauren Hudson, and Chris Prichard have endeavored to address.

The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia features essays written by a group of twenty high school and five undergraduate students, all of whom are residents of Kentucky's Appalachian region and are participants in the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute's Youth Enjoy Science Program. These authentic and candid student essays detail the effects of cancer diagnoses and deaths on individuals, families, friends, and communities, and proclaim these cases as more than nameless statistics. The authors shed light on personal cancer stories in hopes of inspiring readers to avoid cancer-risk behaviors, get involved with cancer-prevention initiatives, give generously, and uplift cancer patients and their loved ones.

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Publisher
Kentucky Publishing Services
Year
2020
ISBN
9781950690046
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Part I: High School Student Essays
  7. Cancer: The Emotional Side
  8. Cancer in Eastern Kentucky
  9. On the Breaking Point
  10. Survivor’s Guilt
  11. Careless Cancer
  12. Cancer: A War on the Home Front
  13. A Monster That Kills
  14. The Worst of Both Worlds
  15. Kentucky: The Cancer Capital of the United States
  16. The Strength of Family Triumphs All
  17. The Greatest Ideas Are the Simplest: Educating Kentuckians on Cancer
  18. Tales into Legacies
  19. Ripped at the Seams
  20. Cancer Is Not a Vacation
  21. The Question
  22. What Cancer Is in My Life
  23. It Can’t Happen to Me
  24. Cancer: Kentucky’s Disease
  25. You Never Plan for Cancer
  26. Day In and Day Out
  27. Part II: Undergraduate Student Essays
  28. Appalachian Rose: Wilted by Geography
  29. Malignancy in the Mountains
  30. A Rural State of Mind on the Path to a Better Future
  31. Fighting Cancer in My Old Kentucky Home
  32. Roots
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. About the Editors