Colorectal Cancer Alliance

June is National Cancer Survivor Month - a time when the Colorectal Cancer Alliance and our nation of allies celebrate life. This important month includes National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD), celebrated on the first Sunday of June. This year NCSD falls on June 7, which also kicks off the start of Young Survivors Week - an annual awareness and fundraising push to highlight young-onset colorectal cancer stories and increase understanding of this disease.

Learn more about young-onset support, young-onset facts, and life after survivorship.

Project Cure CRC is the Colorectal Cancer Alliance’s bold national initiative to accelerate the research that will end colorectal cancer. By funding groundbreaking studies, fostering collaboration among leading scientists, and connecting discoveries to patient impact, the Alliance is creating a clear path toward a future without this disease.

Every contribution — whether through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word — helps advance lifesaving science and gives hope to the millions of families affected by colorectal cancer. Together, as a nation of allies, we can make colorectal cancer a curable disease.

These graphics share key takeaways from the Alliance’s State of Screening Study. They show why some people put off colorectal cancer screening: cost, fear, and not knowing their options. The findings highlight important gaps in awareness, like the fact that screening can often be done at home and that colorectal cancer is preventable. At the same time, the data offers hope: most people are willing to talk about screening and see encouraging loved ones to get screened as an act of love.

The message is simple — better information and open conversations can help save lives.

LEAD FROM BEHIND — founded by Brooks Bell, powered by the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, and created in partnership with Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort — is an initiative on a mission to make colon cancer famous.

The purpose is to help people learn that colon cancer is The Preventable Cancer. It’s the second deadliest cancer in America and rising among young people. And it doesn’t have to be, because it's preventable. Learn more and let your behind be the leader it was born to be at LeadFromBehind.org.

We need to get louder! 

Most people don’t know colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer in the United States — or that it’s highly preventable. That’s why we #WalkLoud. We’re raising awareness, honoring patients, and pushing toward a future free of this disease.

Your participation fuels prevention programs for those at risk, expert navigation for patients and caregivers, and groundbreaking research to save lives.

Special thanks to our National Walk sponsors Taiho Oncology, and Merck.

Biomarker testing can improve cancer treatment outcomes, but many Americans do not have equal access, even through insurance. Join us and advocate for access. To learn how, download these instructions from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance: https://bit.ly/biomarker-advocacy-download