How can I prevent colorectal cancer?
You may be able to lower your colorectal cancer risk with some simple lifestyle changes. Be proactive about staying as healthy as possible.

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?

Americans increasingly view colorectal cancer screening encouragement as an act of love, with new survey data showing rising openness about lifesaving prevention.

Katie Couric joins the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort to expand LEAD FROM BEHIND, a star-powered campaign breaking stigma and urging lifesaving colon cancer screening. Colon cancer is the preventable cancer.

The Colorectal Cancer Alliance and more than 20 Screen Smart partners urge HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protect USPSTF’s evidence-based process and no-cost preventive screenings like colorectal cancer screening, which save lives and improve national health.