During March the Colorectal Cancer Alliance seeks to raise awareness for the disease, which is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. New data estimates 153,020 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 52,550 will die from it this year, according to the American Cancer Society and the disease is on the rise in younger generations.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance's LEAD FROM BEHIND awareness initiative, featuring Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has been named a two-time Gold winner for Best National Awareness Campaign and Best in Special Projects for Health in the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards.
BlueHQ, a new, online resource from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, fills a prevalent gap in patient support between busy physicians and bewildering internet searches. BlueHQ is the best way to learn, connect, and take action to improve outcomes.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance, the nation's leading colorectal cancer advocacy organization, is spotlighting disparities affecting Black Americans with its They Didn't Say campaign.
The Alliance — supported by ample peer-reviewed research, vast professional opinion, and countless patient stories — reaffirms the lifesaving power of colonoscopies.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance's Walk to End Colon Cancer encourages the general public and people affected by colorectal cancer — the nation’s second deadliest cancer — to pound the pavement against a pervasive silence that puts lives at risk.
Craig Melvin and his wife, Lindsay Czarniak, hosted the inaugural Bottoms Up Invitational to benefit the national nonprofit Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
The Alliance’s Clinical Trial Think Tank seeks to develop patient-centered, systems-level solutions for improving trials and increasing research participation broadly.
The campaign, Op45, encouraged payers to cover colorectal cancer screenings starting at age 45 now. Today, the Alliance applauds every company that has chosen to combat the rise of young-onset CRC through screening before required.
Cross Cycles of Impact a new program from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and Independence Blue Cross aims to increase awareness and access to preventive colorectal cancer screening through innovative approaches to community engagement and outreach, personalized screening recommendations and treatment for those diagnosed with the disease.
The Alliance launches Blue Hope World, which takes its name from the Alliance’s private Facebook support group Blue Hope Nation, and places an emphasis on raising awareness of colorectal cancer among Meta's Horizon Worlds users, which reportedly number more than 300,000.
According to statistics just released by the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined, and Black Americans are about 20% more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and 35% more likely to die from it.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is working with Michael’s Mission, a New York-based nonprofit co-founded by Scott Soussa, Shana Auerbach and Allyson Ocean, M.D., to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Among other awardees, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance received honors and $1,000 for its efforts in colorectal cancer prevention in 2021 from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance announced a transformative research investment strategy to guide the field and its own $30 million in research funding over the next five years.
At Ohio’s Baldwin Wallace and Youngstown State universities, a trio of scholar-athlete siblings will leverage the NCAA’s interim name, image, and likeness rules to increase awareness for colorectal cancer by endorsing the national nonprofit Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
