The 2025 Vermont Cancer Plan outlines the five-year shared goals, objectives and strategies for reducing the burden of cancer in Vermont with the goals of preventing, detecting, and treating cancer, as well as improving the lives of cancer survivors and their families.
Cancer is the leading cause of death in Vermont. All Vermonters can play a role in the fight against cancer, and are encouraged to use the Vermont Cancer Plan as their guide.
The Vermont Cancer Plan is available for free from the Vermont Department of Health and Vermonters Taking Action Against Cancer. If you would like hard copies, please email coordinator@vtaac.org. Download your digital copy here:
2021-2025 VT Cancer Plan Goals
Health Equity
GOAL 1: Ensure that all Vermonters have a fair and just opportunity to be healthy—especially those who have experienced socioeconomic disadvantage, historical injustice, and other avoidable systemic inequalities that are often associated with Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) Vermonters, people living with disabilities and low-income Vermonters.
Cancer Prevention
GOAL 2: Reduce exposure to tobacco among Vermonters
GOAL 3: Improve nutrition and physical activity among Vermonters.
GOAL 4: Prevent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections in young Vermonters.
GOAL 5: Reduce exposure to environmental hazards for Vermonters, including 1) radon and other environmental hazards and 2) ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and sun lamps.
Cancer Early Detection
GOAL 6: Increase early detection of colorectal cancer in Vermonters.
GOAL 7: Increase early detection of cervical cancer in Vermonters.
GOAL 8: Increase early detection of breast cancer in Vermonters.
GOAL 9: Increase early detection of lung cancer in Vermonters.
GOAL 10: Improve prostate cancer risk assessment and informed decision-making for Vermonters.
Cancer-Directed Therapy & Supportive Care
GOAL 11: Improve access to optimal cancer-directed therapy for Vermonters.
GOAL 12: Improve access to integrative medicine and palliative care for Vermonters diagnosed with cancer.
Survivorship & Advanced Care Planning
GOAL 13: Promote optimal health for Vermonters with cancer throughout their lives.
GOAL 14: Improve use of hospice care and advanced care planning for Vermonters diagnosed with cancer.
