January 2009
- Healthy Weight Week (January 18-24)
- Cervical Health Awareness and Screening Month
February 2009
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- National Donor Day (February 14)
- National Patient Recognition Day (February 3)
- National Patient Recognition Week (February 1-7)
- World Cancer Day (February 4)
March 2009
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Awareness Month
April 2009
- National Cancer Control Month
- National Minority Cancer Week (April 16-22)
- World Health Day (April 7)
May 2009
- Blood Cancer Advocacy Days (May 18-19)
- Cancer Research Month
- Melanoma Monday (May 4)
- National Women’s Health Week (May 10-16)
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Month
- World No Tobacco Day (May 31)
June 2009
- National Cancer Survivors’ Day (June 7)
- National Men’s Health Week (June 8-14)
July 2009
August 2009
- No events scheduled at this time
September 2009
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
- National Ovarian Cancer Month
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (September 10-16)
- The 14th annual LeukemiaTexas Golf Classic (September 14)
October 2009
- Healthy Lung Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Mammography Day (October 16 )
November 2009
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- National Family Caregivers’ Month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- Smoking Cessation/Great American Smokeout Day (November 19)
December 2009
- No events scheduled at this time
Sources: Cancer.org (American Cancer Society), CIS.NCI.NIH.gov (National Cancer Institute), and WHO.int (World Health Organization)