Marleigh Cummins lost her dad to colorectal cancer in January 2016, when she was just nine years old. As sadness gripped her, a therapist showed her how to heal through art a passion that has helped Marleigh become a fundraising DIYnamo for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
When Dom turned 50, he knew it was time to get screened for colorectal cancer. Symptom-free, he thought it would be another check mark. Instead, a colonoscopy found stage IIIa colon cancer.
The questions around implicit bias began to paralyze my voice, but I didn’t let them. I was not going to be someone who idly stood by. I was going to be part of the change.
Alyssa Blair is only 24 years old, but when she noticed a potential symptom of colorectal cancer — changing bathroom habits — she didn’t wait to get screened. She knew the risk.
“I’ve gotten to know a lot of amazing people that work at the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and who have had colon cancer as well, and they’ve all helped me tremendously throughout my process,” Trey said.
Shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance established the Care During COVID-19 Fund to make possible the patient support programs our community needs the most during this crisis.
National nonprofit Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Alliance) and video game retailer Chrono.gg have partnered this week in memory of game commentator and critic John Peter Bain, who was commonly known as TotalBiscuit. Bain died from colorectal cancer in May at age 33.
The Grand Teton, a 13,775-ft mountain in Wyoming, serves as a source of inspiration for friends Tate MacDowell and Brian McDonnel, who are battling colorectal cancer. Determined to reach the top despite their diagnoses, the duo decide to document their effort. The result is Mountain in the Hallway, an honest, poignant, and visually stunning film, which is at once inspiring and heartbreaking. Tate MacDowell, who is currently undergoing treatment for stage IV (metastatic) colorectal cancer, answers for us a few questions about the film.
Charlie Award, a four-time colon cancer survivor, died August 27, 2018. Charlie leaves behind an indelible legacy of support for countless friends, family members, and allies whose lives were improved by his fearless, often hilarious, and always genuine take on surviving this disease.
When you’re in your thirties and loving life, cancer is the last thing on your mind. I had health issues my whole life, from asthma to Crohn’s, but I never thought cancer was a possibility for me, especially at this age. Still, I was having colonoscopies every year or so as routine maintenance for my Crohn’s disease.
Storytelling is a powerful tool that can inspire those around you to get screened for colorectal cancer, talk with family members about their medical histories, and learn about colorectal cancer symptoms.
A few weeks ago, my husband and I played hooky from work to attend AllyCon, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance’s national conference. How could we not go, since it was happening right in our metro-Boston backyard, and many of the presenters were people we knew through my treatments at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute?
Around her 32nd birthday, Jen Waller started noticing symptoms associated with colorectal cancer, including abdominal pain, weight loss, and irregularity with bowel movements.