And this is just the beginning.

In the coming months, Fight CRC will release:

  • A peer-reviewed manuscript summarizing and highlighting actionable recommendations from our global convening.
  • A comprehensive summary report , which will highlight key discussions, workgroup progress, and outline the next steps in our collective mission to combat EOCRC worldwide.

Why It Matters

By 2040, colorectal cancer is projected to claim 1.6 million lives annually — a staggering 73% increase from 2020. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for global action and the impact that GEOCRCTT 2025 can achieve . This unprecedented collaboration marked a pivotal step toward reversing the rise of EOCRC.

And this is just the beginning.

In the coming months, Fight CRC will release:

  • A peer-reviewed manuscript summarizing and highlighting actionable recommendations from our global convening.
  • A comprehensive summary report , which will highlight key discussions, workgroup progress, and outline the next steps in our collective mission to combat EOCRC worldwide.

Why It Matters

By 2040, colorectal cancer is projected to claim 1.6 million lives annually — a staggering 73% increase from 2020. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for global action and the impact that GEOCRCTT 2025 can achieve . This unprecedented collaboration marked a pivotal step toward reversing the rise of EOCRC.

Thank you to our partners!

By 2040, colorectal cancer is projected to claim 1.6 million lives annually — a staggering 73% increase from 2020. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for global action and the impact that GEOCRCTT 2025 can achieve . This unprecedented collaboration marked a pivotal step toward reversing the rise of EOCRC.

Thank you to our partners!

By 2040, colorectal cancer is projected to claim 1.6 million lives annually — a staggering 73% increase from 2020. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for global action and the impact that GEOCRCTT 2025 can achieve . This unprecedented collaboration marked a pivotal step toward reversing the rise of EOCRC.

Thank you to our partners!

By 2040, colorectal cancer is projected to claim 1.6 million lives annually — a staggering 73% increase from 2020. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for global action and the impact that GEOCRCTT 2025 can achieve . This unprecedented collaboration marked a pivotal step toward reversing the rise of EOCRC.

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Building a Global Movement: Active Workgroups

Five global working groups have been established to drive this mission forward, each focusing on critical areas of EOCRC research, advocacy, and ongoing collaboration. These groups will convene quarterly over the next two years, fostering sustained international collaboration and innovation

Identify the areas of etiological research that need to be prioritized and begin conducting the research.
Recommend etiologic standardized epidemiological tools and other tools needed to implement research studies, such as databases and more.
Identify recommended standards for blood biobanking and tissues.
Identify collaborative funding strategies to support the initiative.
Focusing on strategies to reduce incidence and mortality risk stratification and awareness strategies.

Building a Global Movement: Active Workgroups

Five global working groups have been established to drive this mission forward, each focusing on critical areas of EOCRC research, advocacy, and ongoing collaboration. These groups will convene quarterly over the next two years, fostering sustained international collaboration and innovation

Identify the areas of etiological research that need to be prioritized and begin conducting the research.
Recommend etiologic standardized epidemiological tools and other tools needed to implement research studies, such as databases and more.
Identify recommended standards for blood biobanking and tissues.
Identify collaborative funding strategies to support the initiative.
Focusing on strategies to reduce incidence and mortality risk stratification and awareness strategies.

You Empower our Research. Your gift will give more time to patients and caregivers.

You Empower our Research. Your gift will give more time to patients and caregivers.

You Empower our Research. Your gift will give more time to patients and caregivers.

Stay Connected

With the support of our advocacy partners, we will continue advancing this work in partnership with the global EOCRC community. We invite researchers, advocates, and supporters to:

  • Join the conversation: Become a member of our Community of Champions, a vibrant online space where researchers, advocates, patients, and supporters unite. Here, you’ll find event takeaways, comprehensive summaries, and updates on each workgroup’s progress. It’s more than a community—it’s a movement.

  • Stay Informed: Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest insights, research developments, and opportunities to contribute to the fight against EOCRC.

  • Reach Out: Have questions or ideas? We’re here to listen.

Stay Connected

With the support of our advocacy partners, we will continue advancing this work in partnership with the global EOCRC community. We invite researchers, advocates, and supporters to:

  • Join the conversation: Become a member of our Community of Champions, a vibrant online space where researchers, advocates, patients, and supporters unite. Here, you’ll find event takeaways, comprehensive summaries, and updates on each workgroup’s progress. It’s more than a community—it’s a movement.

  • Stay Informed: Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest insights, research developments, and opportunities to contribute to the fight against EOCRC.

  • Reach Out: Have questions or ideas? We’re here to listen.

Looking for Research Advocacy Partners?

Explore EOCRC advocacy groups around the world to find a community near you.

Bowel Cancer UK
Bowel Cancer Australia
Digestive Cancers Europe
Global Colon Cancer Association

Looking for Research Advocacy Partners?

Explore EOCRC advocacy groups around the world to find a community near you.

Bowel Cancer UK
Bowel Cancer Australia
Digestive Cancers Europe
Global Colon Cancer Association
Community Voices
Research is helping us piece together the puzzle of early-onset #colorectalcancer. 🧩

Certain strains of E. coli (not the kind that causes food poisoning) produce a toxin called colibactin. This toxin can damage DNA, causing mutations and increasing the risk of developing colorectal cancer later in life. These mutations are much more common in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a younger age.

While there is likely more than one cause in the rise of CRC in young adults, this discovery provides an important clue to researchers looking for the "why" behind increasing cases of early age onset colorectal cancer.
Our local drop-off challenge is BACK—and we need you! 💙 Last April, #FightCRC ambassador and ROCKSTAR advocate Kasia hand-delivered letters to her local reps, helping keep #colorectalcancer top of mind while they were home. Now it's your turn.

🎯 The goal: Protect funding for the CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program (DCPC).

📬 How to help: Deliver a handwritten message to your members of Congress at their local office. It's personal, powerful—and takes just 2 hours on your schedule.

🛑 Why now? The President's budget proposes eliminating DCPC. Without it, we risk losing access to lifesaving screenings and critical data on young-onset CRC.

We're showing up, speaking out, and fighting for more time. Let's flood congressional offices with messages they can't ignore.

Join our advocacy group in the Community of Champions to access everything you need!
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We’re back with more LARS swaps for our #colorectalcancer community navigating low anterior resection syndrome. 💙

LARS can happen after low anterior resection surgery—and the symptoms aren’t easy. But sometimes, small swaps can bring real relief.

Have you found any tips or tricks that help? Share them below! ⬇️
For all our #colorectalcancer survivors dealing with LARS, this is for you. 💙

Low anterior resection surgery is one option for treating colorectal cancer. It involves removing part of the colon with cancer and reconnecting the remaining pieces. This “hook-up,” called an anastomosis, shortens the colon—and that can lead to low anterior resection syndrome (LARS).

We’re talking urgency, stool clustering, constipation, pain… the list goes on.

That’s why we asked our badass friend CC to share her top tips for managing LARS.

Have any of these worked for you? Stay tuned for part two!
#FightCRC's Advocacy Team met this week at HQ📍in Springfield, Missouri to map out what's ahead. 

We're kicking off August with our Local Drop-Off Challenge and after that, we'll roll out action alerts and key updates on the National Cancer Institute and cancer research funding. 

Stay tuned to learn how you can get involved and take action. 💪 #RelentlessChampions #ColorectalCancer #AdvocacyInAction
#ColorectalCancer survivors, we want to hear from YOU! 💙

Have you ever tried any form of complementary or alternative medicine?

➡️ to discover a few and how they might be able to help you with side effects.
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#AlternativeMedicine #ColonCancer #RectalCancer #ComplementaryMedicine #CancerSurvivor
📣📣📣 The Senate just proposed a $150 million increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It’s a big win, and we should celebrate it!

But it’s not final. We need our #colorectalcancer advocates to keep showing up and speaking out. Now’s the time to make sure this funding stays in the final budget.

Help us protect funding that saves lives—sign up to be an advocate today (link in bio).
YOUR VOICE MATTERS: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently announced changes to cancer funding in 2025, driven by budget constraints and new federal funding policies. We want to hear from you about how these changes may affect CRC care. Take our poll & drop your answers below👇

Additional Resources

Reports

2024 Think Tank Report
2023 Think Tank Report

Webinars

2024 Workshop Series
Biology & Etiology Workshop
Risk & Population-Based Screening
2023 Think Tank Recap

Early Onset Research

Research Timeline
Transforming EAO CRC Outcomes
EAO CRC Highlighted in Frontiers

Additional Resources

Reports

2024 Think Tank Report
2023 Think Tank Report

Webinars

2024 Workshop Series
Biology & Etiology Workshop
Risk & Population-Based Screening
2023 Think Tank Recap

Early Onset Research

Research Timeline
Transforming EAO CRC Outcomes
EAO CRC Highlighted in Frontiers