Category: Cancer Related Information

  • Spreading awareness and taking names

    I am passionate about sharing information related to cancer prevention, research and awareness.  Finding a way to prevent cancer is paramount to us all.   Personally, colon cancer was the one that affected my family – so it’s a very personal battle, but we all know someone that has been changed by it.  Spreading awareness…

  • Harry Smith Colonoscopy to Air Live tomorrow!

    March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: (CBS) “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith is scheduled to have a colonoscopy Wednesday – and the show plans live reports as he undergoes the procedure. Viewers will also learn what Smith had to do to prepare for it. “CBS Evening News” anchor and Managing Editor Katie Couric plans…

  • Cancer sucks

    As you know by now March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Scotty was under 40 when he was diagnosed, not of the age to be at high risk for colon cancer, but yet here we are. Cancer Fighters! Make sure to get screened if you are at high risk or have any unusual symptoms like:…

  • Not to be a nag…Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    Colon Cancer takes nearly 50,000 lives EVERY YEAR! It is the 3rd leading cancer killer among men and women but is largely preventable with regular screening. Get screened if you are at high risk – please. Updated Colon Cancer News: Colon Cancer Survival Blood Test May Predict Colon Cancer Spread Colorectal cancer – 4th most…

  • Let’s be direct, shall we?

    Nothing like getting to the point and being direct – Penn Jillette’s Colon Cancer PSA — Bullshit Style. Get your Asshole in gear!! Colon Cancer Facts Of cancers affecting both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. In 2005,* 141,405 people…

  • Stand Up 2 Cancer

    The fight against cancer isnt just Up2 someone else.  March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Go get screened if you have any unusual symptoms or are at high risk. The treatment for colon cancer is a lot worse than any screening…trust us, we know. Symptoms Early stages of colorectal cancer do not usually have symptoms.…

  • Dress in Blue Day is March 5 – Tomorrow~

    Dress in Blue Day is March 5! Wear blue on Friday, March 5, to promote awareness about colon cancer and encourage others to get screened. Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to spread the word. Every year on the first Friday of March, Dress in Blue Day helps spread the word that colorectal cancer is…

  • “Let my heartbreak be your wake-up call.”

    Colon Cancer Facts Of cancers affecting both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. In 2005,* 141,405 people were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 53,005 people died from it. Go get screened if you are at high risk for it. 80%…

  • If One Person Gets Screened because of this…

    March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Of cancers affecting both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. In 2005,* 141,405 people were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 53,005 people died from it. Go get screened if you are at high…

  • March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    Of cancers affecting both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. In 2005,* 141,405 people were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 53,005 people died from it.   Go get screened if you are at high risk for it. Symptoms Early stages of…