C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition will be named tonight as one of the One Hundred by Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in recognition of its work to advance the fight against cancer.
A gala dinner is planned for June 2 at the Westin Boston Waterfront beginning at 6 p.m.
C3 advocate Marilia Sardinha will accept the award on behalf of C3 staff and advocates. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a public witness hearing about funding needs for the fiscal year 2011 defense appropriations bill. C3′s President, Carlea Bauman, testified at the hearing about the urgent need for more funding for colorectal cancer research.
Ms. Bauman thanked the Subcommittee members for including $15 million for the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) in the fiscal year 2010 bill and urged them to increase the level of funding for the PRCRP to $50 million in fiscal year 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rona Yaeger MD
Rona Yaeger, MD is the 2010 Lisa Dubow Research Fellow, receiving the 2010 American Association for Cancer Research – Colorectal Cancer Coalition Fellows Grant.
The Award will be made tonight at a special dinner in honor of AACR Fellows Fund grantees.
Dr. Yaeger is from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Her grant research will focus on inhibiting the AKT pathway in colorectal cancer cells. Read the rest of this entry »
Kate, Judi, and Pam, who were there at the beginning, celebrate with a fifth anniversary cake.
Five years ago this March a spirited group of colorectal cancer advocates met in Washington to launch C3:Colorectal Cancer Coalition. Their goal: build a strong voice for change to wipe out suffering and death from colorectal cancer.
Led by Nancy Roach, C3′s founder and chair of the board of directors, the group set out to create an organization to help people concerned about colon and rectal cancer to advocate for change in policy, research, and awareness.
Most of all, C3 wanted to give those living with colorectal cancer the tools to advocate for themselves.
They said that C3 was Changing the Future of Colorectal Cancer Today! Read the rest of this entry »
