Fight Colorectal Cancer is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 members of our Grassroots Action Committee. The Committee is a group of committed, engaged volunteer advocates who take action when asked. The Committee is the catalyst of our grassroots advocate community, and provides advice to help us achieve our strategic goals and objectives by empowering grassroots advocates across the country.

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We at Fight Colorectal Cancer were shocked and deeply saddened by the death of board member Steven Depp on May 9.

Steve was an extraordinary volunteer and advocate for people living with colon and rectal cancer.  He worked hard to promote screening and end death and suffering from colorectal cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

On Monday, May 16th, 2011, Dr. Andrew Kennedy, a well-known researcher in liver metastases, led a Fight Colorectal Cancer webinar discussing an issue that affects thousands of colorectal cancer patients.

Colorectal cancer often metastasizes first to the liver, so learning how to manage growth of those tumors can help with patient survival.  

Treatment of liver mets has come a long way in the last two decades. You can learn about these developments in an archive of the webinar below.

Our thanks to Dr. Andrew Kennedy for leading the discussion. His extensive knowledge of this issue is highly respected in the field of radiology. He graciously donated his time to bring this information to patients.

Webinar: Treating Liver Metastases from Fight Colorectal Cancer on Vimeo.

Watch Nancy Roach tell AACR members and advocates how they can join the effort for cancer research funding.

Speaking at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Nancy said,

If public funding for biomedical research matters to you, get involved.

Nancy represented the voice of advocates in an AACR discussion of The Outlook for Cancer Research Funding in the Coming Years: The Importance of Advocacy and Government Relations.

She was joined by former Illinois Congressman John Edward Porter, Shannon K. Bell from the NCI Office of Advocacy Relations, and Jon G. Retzlaff who is the managing director of Science Policy and Government Affairs for AACR.

You can also hear John Edward Porter and Shannon Bell on the AACR website.

Fight Colorectal Cancer board member Dr. Indran Krishnan is a recent graduate of the Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy (GPLA).

GPLA was developed by the Medical Association of Georgia to develop physician leaders to improve health care delivery for their patients, communities, and the medical profession.

As a project for the year-long class, Dr. Krishnan set up a process to get high risk uninsured  Georgians free colonoscopies. Read the rest of this entry »