You may be able to lower your colorectal cancer risk with some simple lifestyle changes. Be proactive about staying as healthy as possible.
While screening is the most important step you can take to prevent colorectal cancer, it’s not the only one.
While colorectal cancer can be both genetic and random in nature, there are several proven ways you can reduce your chances of getting this common cancer.
Timely screening is the #1 way to reduce your risk for colon cancer, but did you know there are a number things you can do right at home?
Learn how the Colorectal Cancer Alliance is advocating for the passage of the Nancy Gardner Sewell Multi-Cancer Early Detection Act (HR 2407), a bipartisan bill that ensures immediate Medicare coverage for life-saving cancer detection tests once approved by the FDA.
The Alliance’s 45+ Reasons campaign is part of the Cycles of Impact initiative launched and supported by Independence Blue Cross in 2022 to address the urgent public health issue of colorectal cancer among the Black population.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court decision that had ruled provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which provide for no-cost preventive screening for colorectal cancer and other conditions, unconstitutional.