• Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death for men and women combined, and it is increasing in young people. It is now the leading cause of cancer death in men under age 50 and the second in women. We need more research to understand why this is happening.
  • Colorectal cancer is the only cancer of the top 5 cancer killers not to have its own program.
  • Seven other cancers have their own dedicated research programs within the CDMRP, but colorectal cancer researchers must compete with researchers from nearly 20 other cancer areas for a single source of funding under the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program.
  • We are leaving good science on the table. In FY22, the DoD received 66 colorectal cancer applications. Of those, 25 were deemed “meritorious”, but only 9 applications were funded.