National Colon Cancer Awareness Month

So I'm really interested in kind of the population health type research, tracking the trends, um, seeing, you know, when this policy change went into effect, what kind of downstream effects did we see, um, and hopefully that can guide future policy changes.

So what are some of the initiatives right now that Fight CRC is, is doing to raise awareness? Uh, I should mention that March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and we're, we're talking, this is October when this episode is released, and there's a reason for that.

So take it away, Ben.

[laughs] Now tell us why we're doing this in October.

Well, yeah.

So our registration is open for Call on Congress in March.

So March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, as you had mentioned, and for us, you know, we spend all year working towards this, you know, with lots of stuff in between, but, um, this March 2027 is gonna be bigger than ever before.

So every year, Fight CRC brings advocates to Washington, DC, um, to meet with their members of Congress and advocate for increased funding for colorectal cancer research in March at our annual Call on Congress event.

I'll tell you why, Phil, if you'll allow me.

Because this is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and I know that Katie Couric is doing her part

So you told me you had colon cancer so that I would know what it was like if a loved one told me they had colon cancer?

No, I wanted to really...

I'm going to give our phone number out here, 1-800-449-8686.

1-800-449-8686.

This is Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

Yes, it is, Phil, and it will be for obviously all month.