Kate Murphy and Carlea Bauman report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago, IL:
Learn more about the research presented at the meeting. Register for our webinar on Monday, June 21 at 8 pm.
Colorectal Cancer Coalition Honored for Its Fight Against Cancer
Posted by on June 1st, 2010
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 »
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C3 President Carlea Bauman Testifies at Congressional Hearing
Posted by on May 20th, 2010
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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Get the Latest Advocacy News on Twitter
Posted by on April 24th, 2010
Follow CRCAdvocacy on Twitter for updates on the latest policy news. Not only will we be posting the latest news, but we will also be posting tips on how you can help us in the fight against colorectal cancer. Follow us today at http://twitter.com/CRCAdvocacy, and tell your friends to follow us too! If you’re interested in the latest updates from all of C3, then follow our main Twitter feed which is still @FightCRC.
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Dr. Rona Yaeger Awarded AACR-C3 Fellows Grant
Posted by on April 20th, 2010
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 »
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