Knowing your family history might save your life
Liz Dennis is a stage III rectal cancer survivor. She’s involved with Fight CRC as a Research Advocate in the RATS Program. Liz is also a long-time Call-on Congress attendee who inspired our...
View ArticlePersonalized Immunotherapy: Adoptive Cell (TIL) Transfer
My previous column from January 2016, “Personalized Immunotherapy: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines” was Part 1 of a 2-Part series on “personalized” immunotherapies that are currently in clinical trials....
View ArticleFinding My Voice
Kristina Smith is a loving widow, mother, teacher and basketball coach in Hollister, MO. She has one son, Porter (3), step-daughter, Lilly (15), and two fur babies, Molly and Daisy. Kristina enjoys...
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Meet the One Million Strong – Jennifer Irving from California
Meet Jennifer Jennifer Irving, family member Orange County, California Jennifer’s Story This past January, our world turned upside down when our dad (Tom, age 63) said the dreaded words that no family...
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Personalized Immunotherapy: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
I have already written a lot about experimental immunotherapies. Previous posts have ranged from the strong signs of clinical activity already seen by anti-PD1 checkpoint therapies in MSI-high...
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Sex And Colorectal Cancer
For Immediate Release ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Feb. 1, 2015) — Sex. Intimacy. Relationships. In Feb. 2016 the advocacy organization Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) will release a series of Sexual Health...
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Over $200,000 raised at Nashville’s One Million Strong Benefit
Actor Luke Perry and Swiftwick CEO Mark Cleveland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community rallies in Nashville to raise funds to support education, awareness, advocacy and research for the second-leading cause...
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Junior advocates find their voice
by Maria Williams, co-chair of the Grassroots Action Committee and visionary behind the junior advocates program at Call-on Congress. Who would have thought kids ages 6 – 16 would want to take on...
View ArticleColorectal Cancer Advocacy Leads to Progress
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email When Molly McDonnell, Fight CRC’s Director of Advocacy, sends you a note asking if you’ll testify before the New...
View ArticleTop 6 Questions about Reiki and Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are helpful ways to find peace, comfort, and healing – both mentally and...
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July eGuide
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Summer is here! Take a look at the exciting events we have coming up and ways to get involved! Our new Provider...
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5 Financial Tips for People with Colorectal Cancer
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email There is no typical financial situation. Karen Wehling is surrounded by her three children, son-in-law, and two...
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Outdoors with an Ostomy
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Ostomies are lifesaving and can either be a temporary tool that gets someone from surgery to survivorship, or a...
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Prevention and Treatment of Side Effects Clinical Trials
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Clinical trials are critical to finding a cure for colorectal cancer. As an advocacy organization dedicated to...
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August eGuide
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email August eGuide: Your Monthly Resources and Research News We’re excited about what we’ve planned for August, so keep...
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Reaching New Heights at Climb 2022
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Fight Colorectal Cancer’s largest event and fundraiser of the year, Climb for a Cure 2022, was a success! Saturday,...
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How to Bring Intimacy Back into Your Relationship
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email If you think talking about sexual health and colorectal cancer is uncomfortable, then keep reading. This blog is for...
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Fight CRC Advocate Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro To Raise Funds for Research
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Chad Schrack, a Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) advocate, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest single...
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Colorectal Cancer Survivor Advocates at the White House
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email Paula Chambers Raney didn’t wake up one morning thinking, “Today’s the day I will become an advocate.” Instead,...
View ArticleColorectal Cancer Advocacy Leads to Progress
Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Copy this URL Share via Email When Molly McDonnell, Fight CRC’s Director of Advocacy, sends you a note asking if you’ll testify before the New...
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