Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Take Action This March

Colorectal cancer affects people of all ages—but it is rising fastest among younger adults. New research published by the American Cancer Society in JAMA confirms what patients and advocates have been sounding the alarm on for years: colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

At current rates, more than 55,000 people in the U.S. are expected to die from colorectal cancer in 2026. While death rates from other major cancers have declined, colorectal cancer deaths have increased by more than 1% each year since 2005, making it the only one of the top five cancer killers still moving in the wrong direction.

This is not a future risk. It is a present-day crisis.

March Awareness Toolkit

Everything you need to raise awareness, mobilize your community, and take action is in our March Awareness Toolkit.

• Sample social media posts
• Advocacy resources
• Community engagement opportunities
• United in Blue and Wall of Champions information
• Day of Action guidance
• Up-to-date colorectal cancer facts and statistics

Access the Toolkit 

March 2026 Impact Report

This is what your support made possible in March 2026. Together, we expanded screening, fueled critical research, and showed up for patients and families in meaningful ways. Behind every metric is a person and behind every win is a community committed to changing what’s possible in colorectal cancer to give survivors and their families more time.

View the 2026 March Impact Report

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