SCOPE Run Registration Now Open

Registration for the Fourth Annual SCOPE Fun Run is now open.  SCOPE (Sprint for Colorectal Oncology and Prevention) takes place March 28th in Houston.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, SCOPE features both a 5K run and a 1K Kid’s Run.  Special events for cancer survivors will also be held that day. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 16th, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, CRC event

Wyoming Asks: Pledge to Screen for Colorectal Cancer

Men and women in Wyoming are encouraged to take the 2009 Pledge to Screen for Colorectal Cancer. People who complete the pledge receive information and a blue “buddy bracelet” to remind them to be screened.

Residents of Wyoming who are uninsured or whose insurance doesn’t cover colonoscopy screening may be eligible for the Wyoming Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Program (WCCEDP). Eligible residents have lived in Wyoming at least one year, have incomes below 250 percent of poverty, and are over 50. People under 50 can also participate if they have special family or personal health histories. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 11th, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, screening

Bottom Line Poetry Contest

Inspired?  Got some special words about colonoscopies?

Digestive Care gastroenterologists in Florida want to hear your poems . . . and will award $500 for the best new poem featuring colonoscopies during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.  Or the winning poet can have a free colonoscopy. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 11th, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness

Dress in Blue Tomorrow

Dress in blue to raise awareness of colorectal cancer on Friday, March 6, 2009.  Talk to your friends about colon cancer, reminding them to be screened and learn about the symptoms of colon  and rectal cancer.

Colon cancer survivor Anita Mitchell organized the first Dress in Blue Day in her children’s school.  The children, who normally wore uniforms to class, were allowed to wear blue clothes if they donated a dollar to cancer research.  The next year she expanded the project, dedicating Dress in Blue to her friend Carmen Mitchell who died of the disease.

Share your own story — stories are powerful.

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 5th, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness

Radio Talk Show on Sunday: Listen or Call in with Questions

For years I have worked closely with Selma Schimmel from the Group Room who provides a radio talk show on cancer every Sunday for two hours. Anyone interested can call in and ask their questions of experts.

Every Sunday a specific topic is discussed such as colon cancer, breast cancer, clinical trials etc. Next Sunday, March 1, the topics will be colon cancer and the issue of young adults with cancer since March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Broadcast times are  4-6pm ET, 3-5pm CT,1-3pm PT. Continue reading…

Posted by Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD on February 24th, 2009
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, Living with Colorectal Cancer