:: Recent News

Monday, October 13, 2008

Coalition Expresses Concerns Over CT Colonography as substitute to Colonoscopy

Coalition highlights concerns over the National CT Colonography study published September 18, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Salix Pharmaceuticals Becomes Founding Corporate Sponsor Supporting Coalition

We are pleased that Salix has become an active supporter of the Coalition, remarks Steven J. Morris, MD JD FACP FACG, Coalition Board Chairperson and CEO of Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates, LLC.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Coalition Announces Appointment of Executive Director

The National Coalition for Quality Colorectal Cancer Screening and Care announces the appointment of Randall H. H. Madry, as the Coalition’s new Executive Director.

Mailing Address for Contributions:

Attn: Membership Department
222 Severn Avenue
Building 7, Suite 3
Annapolis, MD 21403



Links of Interest

Below are resources that will provide additional information on colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screenings.

Clinical links:
 

Agency for Health Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspscolo.htm 

CDC Screen for Life Campaign
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/sfl/

CDC Statistics on Colorectal Cancer
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/statistics/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/screenforlife
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/colon-and-rectal

National Cancer Institute, US National Institute of Health
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/colorectal-screening 

Podcast: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Propofol
http://google2.fda.gov/search?client=FDA&site=cder&output=xml_no_dtd&lr=&proxystylesheet=FDA&q=propofol&as=GO
 
US National Library on Medicine, National Institute on Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/colorectalcancer.html

Societies and Associations links:
 

American College of  Gastroenterology
http://www.acg.gi.org/

American Gastroenterological Association
http://www.gastro.org/

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
http://www.asge.org/

American Society of Anesthesiologists
http://www.asahq.org/

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
http://www.fascrs.org/

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

http://www.apsf.org/


Cancer Care 
http://www.cancercare.org/

Cancer Hope Network 
http://www.cancercarehopenetwork.org/

Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups
http://www.cancertrialshelp.org/

Colon Cancer Alliance
http://www.ccalliance.org/

Colon Cancer Network 
http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/

Colon Club
http://www.colonclub.com/

Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative Foundation
http://www.ccsif.ca/

C3: Colorectal Cancer Alliance
http://www.c-three.org/

Health Butler 
http://healthbutler.com/

Hereditary Colon Cancer Association 
http://www.hereditarycc.org/

Medical News Today
daily newsfeeds to email addresses on colorectal cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/colorectal_cancer/ 

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
http://www.cansearch.org/

National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
http://www.cancer.org/
docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6X_National_Colorectal_Cancer_Roundtable.asp

Olympus Colorectal Cancer Awareness
www.olympusamerica.com/crcawareness

Onco Link
http://www.oncolink.com/

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
http://www.sages.org/

STOP Colon Rectal Cancer Foundation
http://www.coloncancerprevention.org/

The American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=10

The American Society of Anesthesiologists
www.asahq.org/ 

The Colon Cancer Alliance
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=10 

The National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance
http://www.eifoundation.org/national/nccra/splash/

The Prevent Cancer Foundation

http://www.preventcancer.org

The Susan Cohan Kasdas Colon Cancer Foundation
http://www.coloncancerfoundation.org/

 

 

National Coalition for Quality Colorectal Cancer Screening & Care
222 Severn Avenue
Building 7, Suite 3
Annapolis, MD 21403-1771
Monday-Friday, 9am to 5pm, ET
Phone: (410) 777-5310
Fax: (410) 777-8490
Toll free: 1-866-333-6815
info@preventingcolorectalcancer.org

© 2008 National Coalition for Quality Colorectal Cancer Screening & Care