Tagged with “awareness”

C3 Advocates Join Stand Up to Cancer Effort

C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Advocates Sean Twersky, Christine Niemi, Florence Kurttila and C3 Board member Andy Giusti will be attending the Stand Up to Cancer broadcast on Friday night, September 5 at 8 pm (Eastern) simulcast on NBC, ABC, and CBS. They’ll be wearing Cover Your Butt t-shirts to encourage legislation to remove financial barriers to colorectal cancer screening and prevent colorectal cancer. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on September 4th, 2008
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Tags: awareness

Nancy Roach Leads Stand Up to Cancer Advocates

C3 Board Chair Nancy Roach has been chosen Chairperson of the Stand Up to Cancer Advocate Advisory Council.

Key leaders of national cancer advocacy organizations, the Advocate Advisory Council provides the critical perspective of patients and families as SU2C research is chosen and carried out. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on September 3rd, 2008
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Tags: Advocacy, awareness

Diane Rehm Show to Discuss High Cost of Cancer Drugs

Two members of the C3 Medical Review Network will be featured on the Diane Rehm Show on Thursday, July 17, 2008 discussing the high cost of cancer care. They are scheduled for the 11 a.m. segment (Eastern time).

John Marshall M.D. is Chief of Hematology/Oncology at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is a specialist in gastrointestinal cancer.
Neal Merepol M.D. directs the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadephia.

They will be joined by Kevin LaMartina, American Cancer Society Patient Navigator at St. Agnes Hospital In Baltimore. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on July 16th, 2008
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Tags: awareness, CRC event

Tony Snow Dies from Colon Cancer

Tony Snow died early Saturday morning from colon cancer. He was 53.

Formerly White House Press Secretary, Snow was diagnosed with colon cancer in February of 2005. He had surgery and chemotherapy. His cancer was in remission until a recurrence in his liver in March, 2007.

His mother also died of colon cancer when Snow was a teenager and she was 38. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on July 13th, 2008
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Tags: awareness

Group Room Radio to Feature Gastrointestinal Cancers

The Group Room, a national cancer talk radio program, will feature gastrointestinal cancers on its July 13th show. Following up on the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, Selma Schimmel will interview two leading researchers in colorectal and pancreatic cancer and take telephone questions. Continue reading…