Colon Cancer Alliance Rings the NASDAQ Bell

In celebration of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, members of the Colon Cancer Alliance rang the closing bell for NASDAQ on March 2.

CCA CEO Andrew Spiegel was joined by staff, board members, and colon cancer survivors for the closing ceremony.

Watch a clip of the ceremony on Facebook. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 9th, 2010
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, NASDAQ

Cleveland Cavaliers Score Against Colon Cancer

Monday night, March 8, is Colon Cancer Awareness Night when the Cavaliers take on the San Antonio Spurs.

Fans who attend the game will get a blue t-shirt promoting the March collaboration between the Cavs and the Cleveland Clinic — Score Against Colon Cancer.

Nurses from the Cleveland Clinic will be at the arena with questionnaires to help determine individual risk scores for colorectal cancer.  The risk assessment is also available online. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 7th, 2010
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Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Clinic, colorectal cancer awareness

Catch a Killer with CSI:NY’s Hill Harper

Catch a Killer: Get Screened for Colon Cancer reminds African Americans to be screened for colorectal cancer.

CSI:NY actor Hill Harper urges screening for colorectal cancer in a new PSA from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).

Guidelines suggest that those at average risk begin screening at age 50, however, some studies have shown that African-Americans are more frequently diagnosed with colon cancer at a younger age, leading some experts to suggest that African-Americans should begin screening at age 45.

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 4th, 2010
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, colorectal cancer screening, Hill Harper

Tenth Annual Colon Cancer Reception at University of Southern California

Every year in the month of March we celebrate our patients during a reception at USC.

We invite them for food and wine in the Norris lobby which we convert into a party space. We invite patients and physicians to talk about their experiences and about new developments at our center and the progress we have made in the last year. Continue reading…

Posted by Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD on March 4th, 2010
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, Treating Colorectal Cancer

Hockey Spitfires Raise CRC Awareness

The Windsor Spitfires are getting involved in promoting colorectal cancer screening this month.

Teaming up with the Erie St. Clair Regional Cancer Program in Ontario, pharmacists will be at Spitfire games on March 4, 7, and 11 to provide information and free take-home colorectal cancer screening kits.

Jumbotron messages from Spits General Manager Warren Rychel will encourage fans to “get checked”.

Funds for local cancer programs will be raised during a silent auction for one of the special colon check jerseys that the team will be wearing during Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Continue reading…

Posted by Kate Murphy on March 4th, 2010
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Tags: colorectal cancer awareness, Windsor Spitfires