Cancer Conversations

Education and Oncology Training

Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky 
Guest: Dr. Nathan Vanderford, UK College of Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and Markey Cancer Center
Special Edition Series - Cancer in Kentucky episode 4
Dr. Jennifer Hunter and Dr. Nathan Vanderford continue the Cancer Conversations on this episode of Talking FACS.  They discuss the Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION) program which is providing education to youth in 57 Kentucky counties in the cancer field.  They also talk about other educational opportunities that are happening in Central Kentucky middle and high schools, as well as on the University of Kentucky campus.
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Research at the UK Markey Cancer Center

Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky 
Guest: Dr. Nathan Vanderford, UK College of Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and Markey Cancer Center
Special Edition Series - Cancer in Kentucky episode 3
There is cancer research occurring every day at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and across the Commonwealth.  On this episode of Cancer Conversations on Talking FACS, Dr. Jennifer Hunter sits down with Dr. Nathan Vanderford to explore cancer research and its impact on Kentuckians.
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Reducing Your Cancer Risk

Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky 
Guest: Dr. Nathan Vanderford, UK College of Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and Markey Cancer Center
Special Edition Series - Cancer in Kentucky episode 2
Reducing your cancer risk is in your hands.  On this episode of Cancer Conversations, Dr. Nathan Vanderford sits town with Dr. Jennifer Hunter to discuss the steps that we can take today to reduce our cancer risk.  They talk about the prevalence of cancer in Kentucky and explore the reasons why people in our state are so cancer prone.  Listen today.
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Cancer in Kentucky

Host: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Assistant Director for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension, University of Kentucky 
Guest: Dr. Nathan Vanderford, UK College of Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and Markey Cancer Center
Special Edition Series - Cancer in Kentucky episode 1
Kentucky tops the list for cancer and cancer related deaths.  May is Cancer Research Awareness Month and throughout the month, we will be talking about cancer.  Dr. Vanderford from the Markey Cancer Center will be breaking down the research, the statistics, what can be done to combat cancer and what the Markey Cancer Center is doing in Kentucky communities to raise awareness and educate the people of the Commonwealth.
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