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Spotlight On: Fight Colorectal Cancer

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In 1996, Nancy Roach’s mother-in-law was diagnosed with stage 2 rectal cancer. As her primary caregiver, Roach helped her mother-in-law navigate her diagnosis and treatment, and quickly discovered how difficult it was to find a supportive cancer community for those diagnosed with the disease and their families.

Just three years later, Roach joined a group of other cancer survivors and caregivers to create the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, the first and largest colorectal cancer nonprofit in the nation, in 1999. Through the organization, Roach got a chance to not only work with others affected by the disease, but also connect with scientists and policymakers, and she soon realized the important role that advocacy and research can play.

Roach ultimately founded Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) in 2005, an organization dedicated to advocating for those diagnosed with the disease by targeting policy and lawmakers to increase funding for colorectal cancer research and make screening and treatment more available.

“[Roach] really wanted to focus on advocacy, and getting into the office of policymakers,” says Elizabeth Jordan, the deputy director of media relations for Fight CRC. 

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