We are relentless champions of hope, fighting for a cure to colorectal cancer while supporting and empowering a community of patients, caregivers, and families.

Fight CRC is laser-focused on giving patients more time. We do that by sharing accurate information, supporting research, and advocating for policies that create systems change.

For anyone affected by colorectal cancer, we offer a safe place of support, information, and encouragement.

Across everything we do, our strategy is to thoughtfully do more with less. We are convening leaders, intentional about making every action count. By bringing the best and brightest people together in pursuit of innovation, we are uniquely positioned to identify high-impact, breakthrough research efforts.

In our search for a cure, we remain steadfast, because every day we are moved by the collective heartbeat of people who bring hope and healing—people yearning for more seconds, hours, days, and years with the people they love.

To this effort, we will outthink, outwork, and outfight anything that stands between us and our goal of curing colorectal cancer.

We urge leaders to make actual progress in curing colorectal cancer and support those who take action.

We are relentless champions, advocates, and conveners who find new ways to better our world. As a colorectal cancer community, we acknowledge our shared values and act together.

We understand that it’s not about us. We have an urgent mission and get sh!t done. We also think it’s OK to have fun and celebrate.

We own our decisions and learn from our mistakes. We try new ways of doing things and are proud to share what we’ve learned from our successes and failures.

It was 2005. Nancy Roach had already made huge progress for colon and rectal cancer patients. She was part of a group of survivors, caregivers and friends that formed the first colorectal cancer nonprofit — Colon Cancer Alliance.

But Nancy saw something missing… the landscape was incomplete. After meeting with important people like politicians, scientists, and CEOs, she understood that making a difference in cancer relies on advocacy, policy, and research.

In each meeting, she realized how crucial the advocate voice is. She began to dream about an organization focused solely on advocacy for colorectal cancer.

She founded that organization in March 2005.

From day one, the focus of Fight Colorectal Cancer has been to get the voices of advocates heard so that systemic change can occur. It’s our belief that when leaders see and hear those impacted by their decisions, change occurs. We’re focused on changing systems because systems are what touch the millions of people impacted by disease.

For 20 years, we’ve watched this happen, story after story leading to victory after victory.

Today, Fight Colorectal Cancer is the leading patient advocacy group in colorectal cancer. We’re known for our extremely loud, involved, and feisty voices. We’re known for being smart. For having a plan that drives our goals and rallies our voices.

We have no plans of slowing down or stopping until we reach our goal: a cure.