Every cancer journey is unique. Therefore, it is essential to respect the different ways in which patients and caregivers choose to travel the journey before them.
A clinical trial out of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has set the cancer community abuzz after it showed a 100 percent success rate among the first 14 participants who completed treatment.
I turned 50 in November of 2019 and had my first colonoscopy. There was a 10cm mass growing in my rectum that I had no idea was there. It was stage III. No symptoms. No pain. No bleeding. Nothing.
I was a healthy 38-year-old woman who was a vegetarian, didn't really drink, didn't smoke, and was in pretty good shape. Now, I was sitting on my bathroom floor having just thrown up the CT contrast.
When Rahimah Phillips was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, she relied on her friends and support from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance to face treatment — and all of the challenges that came with it. Now, she’s managing a recurrence with a strong will to live and return to the life she cherished.
In December of 2020, I was diagnosed with stage IIIb colorectal cancer at age 48. And if you ever wondered how hard it is to fly under the radar fighting cancer while going through a global pandemic, the answer is “a lot easier than you think.”
“We need to end this disease because it is impacting families,” Rosonja says. “I know my child’s death can not be in vain. She didn’t live to tell the story, so I have to tell the story.”
As the owner of Napa, California-based ONE Flock Wines, Jason was struck with an idea: Every bottle of the 2020 ONE Flock wine sold — both the red and sauvignon blanc — will benefit the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
Two stories occurring decades apart bookend one Virginia survivor’s journey with colorectal cancer. The first story takes place shortly before humans walked on the moon. The last happened just the other day.
Earlier this year, six allies traveled to the media capital of the world to share their stories on camera. They were the first allies featured as part of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance’s Living Legacy Program.
Healing takes time, and it's packed full of ups and downs. I realize I'm not saying anything you don't already know, but it never hurts to hear it again.
She hopes her story will help other patients find their communities of support, and that her experience will embolden others to advocate for their health.
If you were to visit Jeannie Moore at her home, you’d be hard-pressed to miss the dragonflies. Their image is everywhere — decorating her walls, glimmering across stepping stones in the backyard, and on a blanket she curls up with every night.
I hope to be an inspiration to others and to convince people who haven’t had their colonoscopy that they need to do this. Stage IV is not a death sentence!
At 17, most teenagers are a hub of energy, busily taking on the challenges of college prep, managing friends and a budding social life. For Jessica Joseph, a stage III colorectal cancer diagnosis in December 2016 shifted her focus to advocacy on what was once popularly considered an "old man's disease."