Tagged with “colorectal cancer awareness”

Colorectal Cancer Briefs: PSA Contest,Medicare Co-Pays, NCI Bethesda Clinical Trials

Briefly

The Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada is sponsoring a contest for print and video ads that raise awareness of colorectal cancer.
Clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD are an option for cutting-edge treatment at no cost.
When co-pays are raised for Medicare, the elderly make fewer outpatient visits but are hospitalized more often and stay in the hospital longer.

Posted by Kate Murphy on February 1st, 2010
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Tags: clinical trials, co-pays, colorectal cancer awareness, Medicare

Crack a Smile for Colorectal Cancer

On April 18th, the fifth annual Crack A Smile Comedy Show will benefit the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC).

Crack A Smile Comedy Show
Saturday, April 18, 2009 starting at 8:15 p.m.
Toronto Centre for the Arts
George Weston Recital Hall
5040 Yonge St, (north of Sheppard Ave)
Toronto, ON

Posted by Kate Murphy on April 16th, 2009
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Tags: Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, colorectal cancer awareness, Crack a Smile, Neil Crone

Ironman Star Urges Screening to Prevent Colon Cancer

Video courtesy of CBS News

Ironman star and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is speaking out to prevent colon cancer after his mother died of colon cancer last fall at the age of 56. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on April 2nd, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, Ironman, Terrence Howard

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the U.S.

In the month of March we are working to increase awareness that lives can be saved with screening. and colorectal cancer often can be prevented.

There is no shame in preventing cancer, and there are no reasons not to undergo screening. I have done my colonoscopy myself since I have a family history of colon cancer. It was pretty easy. The worst was the preparation a day before…which, in fact, was my day in Norris clinic. When I can do it, you can.

Regular screening tests can find precancerous polyps so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. We know that screening with colonoscopies can also find colorectal cancer early when treatment can cure the cancer.
Continue reading…

Posted by Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD on March 23rd, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, Preventing Colorectal Cancer, screening

Colon Bowlin Raises Dollars for Colorectal Cancer Research

Image from WKBT Channel 8

Staff from the Franciscan Skemp Healthcare in La Cross, WI raised over $10,000 in their annual Colon Bowlin. In its fifth year, the Colon Bowlin also included Wii and karaoke.

Ann Gilbertson, an RN with Franciscan Skemp told WKBT Channel 8 that, “This started as a way to have fun and it turned into a way to have camaraderie for the hospital community, at the same time raising funds.”

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 22nd, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness