Encourages advocacy and research to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer.
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
Offers patient support, a resource center, news, research, advocacy, and events.
Colon Cancer Alliance
The Patient Advocate Foundation's Colorectal CareLine offers a toll-free telephone hotline to offer educational resources, direct assistance with access to care issues, and financial aid for select patient needs.
Colorectal CareLine

Colorectal

BREAKING NEWS

BY HEATHER L. VAN EPPS, PHD

Predicting drug response in colorectal cancer.

BY LEN LICHTENFELD, MD

Gene testing now recommended before colon cancer treatment

BY LEN LICHTENFELD, MD

New colorectal cancer screening gets high marks.

BY BEVERLY A. CALEY

Using robotic arms, video cameras, and tiny incisions, cancer surgeons are changing what it means to go under the knife.

	Gastrointestinal Cancers Treatment Updates BY SUSAN PECK, PHD Treatment updates from the 2009 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
	Side Effects A Rash of Good News BY STACIE BERG Side effect may predict response to treatment.
	Supportive Care Under New Management BY PAUL ENGSTROM Newer and better supportive care days to control side effects are making treatments easier for patients.
	Research in the News Breaking News from ASCO BY STAFF REPORTS Updates from the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology includes news on lung, breast, colorectal, and kidney cancers.