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Dress in Blue Day is March 5!
Help us raise awareness about colorectal cancer and the importance of screening by wearing blue on national Dress in Blue Day! Individuals, businesses and community groups are all encouraged to participate. Materials are now available. Find out more.

You could win two roundtrip AirTran ticket vouchers worth $500 each by participating in Dress in Blue Day!

My CRC Connections Chat Featuring Dr. Axel Grothey
Join us on Wednesday, February 17th for My CRC Connections Chat featuring Dr. Axel Grothey of the Mayo Clinic. This will be a live call and will provide updates from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) GI Meeting held in January. Find out how you can participate.

Symptom Management:
Hope on the Horizon Webinar

Watch a replay of this previously aired webinar

Raise awareness about colon cancer in your community with these market tested posters!
The posters were developed with support from the Colon Cancer Alliance, the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, the Center for Colon Cancer Research at the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Cancer Alliance, and the ACS - South Atlantic Division. Order yours.

Listen to the San Francisco Seminar Podcast
The Colon Cancer Alliance is excited to provide the San Francisco seminar online as a podcast. The October 2009 seminar was presented in partnership with UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. The podcast will provide you with the latest information on colorectal cancer treatment advances from leading healthcare professionals, as well as give you the opportunity to hear answers to questions from survivors and caregivers who were in attendance.  Learn more

Buddy Spotlight: Judy Scanlan
Long time CCA Buddy Judy Scanlan's fight against colon cancer began in 1997. Cancer free since 2002, Judy tells how her family, coworkers, an attitude and orange hair helped her in the battle against this disease. Judy's story is an inspiring one. Read more.

There's an app for that!
There really IS an app for everything! Learn about new colon cancer therapies and experimental human trials that are relevant to your medical needs or the needs of a loved one. Download the Colon Cancer Drug Trials app for iPhone or iPod Touch.

You Shop, We Win! Help Colon Cancer Alliance while shopping! Through I-Give.com, at over 700 brand name stores, a portion of each online purchase could be donated to the CCA! Your stores, our cause, their money. Shop now

The CCA Issues Statement on the Passing of Music Legend Teddy Pendergrass. Read more.

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Upcoming Events

February 4-7, 2010
Blue Ribbon Snow Tour for Conquering Colon Cancer
Lac Vieux Desert Resort and Casino
Watersmeet, Michigan

February 17, 2010
My CRC Connections Chat with Dr. Laura Porter featuring Dr. Axel Grothey, Mayo Clinic
Update from the January 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) GI Meeting

March 3, 2010
My CRC Connections Chat with Dr. Laura Porter featuring Dr. Mario Lacouture, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Dermatologic care during therapy: Maintaining healthy skin, hair and nails during colorectal cancer treatment

March 5, 2010
Dress in Blue Day

March 6, 2010
San Diego Undy 5000
NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, Point Loma
Register Now

March 13, 2010
Tampa Regional Seminar
Moffitt Cancer Center
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March 27, 2010
St. Louis Undy 5000
Forest Park, Upper Muny parking lot
Register Now

 

Please visit our Blue Star Calendar for a listing of all colorectal cancer events.

The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) is the oldest and largest national patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the suffering caused by colorectal cancer. We will increase screening rates and survivorship by providing support and education and furthering research and advocacy efforts.

 

Special thanks to GE Healthcare and Amgen for their generous support of CCA's Web site.

 

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