Fight Colorectal Cancer

El Día de los Mu***os es un momento para recordar y celebrar a las personas que amamos.

Hoy honramos a quienes hemos perdido a causa del cáncer colorre**al y llevamos sus historias y su impacto muy cerca de nuestros corazones. 💙

Rinde homenaje a un ser querido a través de nuestro Muro de los Campeones (fightcrc.org/tribute). Tu homenaje ayuda a apoyar el trabajo por más investigación, más opciones de tratamiento y mayor concienciación.

También puedes compartir su historia con nosotros para ayudar a que su legado siga inspirando a nuestra comunidad de cáncer colore**al. 💙

Day of the Dead is a time to remember and celebrate the people we love. Today, we honor those we've lost to colore**al cancer and keep their stories and their impact close to our hearts. 💙

Honor a loved one through our Wall of Champions at fightcrc.org/tribute. Your tribute helps support the work toward more research, more treatment options, and more awareness.

You can also share their story with us to help ensure their legacy continues to inspire our colore**al cancer community. 💙

This Halloween, don't let concerning symptoms go unnoticed. 🎃

- Changes in bowel habits
- Blood in your stool
- Unexplained weight loss
- Persistent abdominal pain or cramping
- Fatigue that won't go away
- Narrow or ribbon-like stools
- A feeling that your bowel isn't fully empty
- Nausea or vomiting

These symptoms don't always mean **alcancer, but it's important to talk with a healthcare provider about anything new, persistent, or unusual for you—regardless of your age.

If you're 45 or older, ask about routine colore**al cancer screening. Learn when screening is right for you: take our Screening Quiz at fightcrc.org/quiz

At the Western Colore**al Cancer Consortium Conference (WC4) in Davis, California, Fight CRC Research Advocate Mike Davis joined researchers and physicians working on the questions that matter most to the early-onset colore**al cancer community.

"By adding human faces and stories to the data and trials researchers and physicians are working on, we hope we can lend an urgency and gravity to the stakes of early-onset colore**al cancer research." Mike Davis, Stage I re**al cancer survivor, diagnosed at 38

Mike, Dr. Joshua Demb, and Dr. Samir Gupta also work together in Fight CRC's EOCRC Global Collaborative workgroups. Read Mike's reflections on the conference and why survivor voices matter in early-onset colore**al cancer research: fightcrc.org/wc4recap

CRC Screening Win! Pennsylvania just strengthened colore**al cancer screening coverage. Under a new law, health plans regulated by the state must cover a follow-up colonoscopy after a positive noninvasive screening test, with no out-of-pocket cost.

The legislation was championed by Pennsylvania State Representative Pat Gallagher, a colore**al cancer survivor and the bill's lead sponsor, and had overwhelming bipartisan support from lawmakers in both chambers.

A colore**al cancer screening is only complete if a positive noninvasive result is followed by a colonoscopy. This law helps make sure that step is within reach for more Pennsylvanians.

Want to take action on CRC screening and early detection? Visit the link: https://fightcolore**alcancer.org/our-programs/advocacy/take-action/?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns%2f139745%2frespond

Hearing the words "you have **alcancer" can turn your world upside down. Knowing what comes next can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to figure it out alone.

Our Treatment Choices & Checklist is designed to help you take one steady step at a time.

Explore the checklist at fightcrc.org/firststeps

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Anyone can be a United in Blue Volunteer! 🤩💙

Join us Febuary 28 to plant thousands of blue flags on the National Mall, raising awareness for early-onset **alcancer.

Have you signed up yet?

👉 Now's your chance: fightcrc.org/uibfb

"In 2021, genetic testing revealed two mutations: MSH2 (Lynch syndrome) and CHEK2. When I had my first colonoscopy, stage 0/1 re**al adenocarcinoma was found. I was 34.

I had surgery to remove the cancer, and then began frequent surveillance. In 2024, at age 36, a monitored lymph node was confirmed as stage III colore**al adenocarcinoma, dMMR/MSI-H. My treatment included immunotherapy and major surgery: a proctocolectomy and prophylactic hysterectomy. After surgery, pathology results showed NED!

Without genetic testing, I likely wouldn't have had a colonoscopy until age 40, which could've been too late. I want to be here with the people I love for as long as I can be!" - Briana Ghbein, re**al cancer survivor 💙

Share your story with us at https://fightcolore**alcancer.org/get-involved/honor-a-loved-one/share-your-story/

Have questions about palliative care? You're not alone and you deserve real answers.

Many patients and caregivers aren't sure what palliative care actually is, when to ask for it, or how to access it. We've put together eight of the most common questions and answered every one of them. Why? Because better informed patients get better care.

Learn more at https://fightcolore**alcancer.org/patient-caregivers/education-resources/planning-ahead-end-of-life/palliative-care/
Have other questions? Ask ChatCRC at chatbot.fightcrc.org