Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Cancer Queens! A Cancer Prevention Musical Revue is a 45-minute, live show featuring skits and song and dance routines set to popular music with new educational lyrics that are consistent with the educational messages of the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute. Cancer Queens! is a grant-funded program supported by the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

The Cancer Queens are professional health educators (not professional performers) who are on a mission to inspire women to treat themselves like queens and take care of their health. In fact, these 10 women (including three cancer survivors) are so passionate about encouraging women ages 35 and older to make their health their priority that they are willing to go on stage and do a song and dance routine about Pap tests!

Audience members will laugh and tap their toes while they learn about the importance of breast and cervical cancer screenings and the healthy lifestyle habits that can help reduce the risk of developing certain cancers as well as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Watch the video to the right to see what the Cancer Queens could bring to your community.

Since October 2008, the Cancer Queens have entertained and educated more than 4,000  women of all ages in Tennessee, and 98 percent of the audience members surveyed stated they would recommend that others see Cancer Queens! A Cancer Prevention Musical Revue.

The Prevent Cancer Foundation has awarded one of only nine of their 2011 Community Grants to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to support the educational outreach of the Cancer Queens.  Launched in 2006, the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Community Grants program supports local cancer awareness education and screening programs across the United States for all populations, especially underserved communities.
 

Cancer Queens  Scheduling Performances

Due to program budget cuts, the Cancer Queens will be scheduling a reduced number of appearances in 2012.     We cannot accept any more invitations between January 1 and June 30 unless the majority of our travel expenses would be  covered by the hosting group.  We appreciate your understanding.