FAQ

If you have an idea, a suggestion or a recommendation regarding colorectal cancer that you would like to share with the NCCRT, please send us the suggestion on our contact page.

It takes many voices to create an effective coalition – a coalition committed to increasing the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer. The NCCRT is comprised of Member Organizations and invited individuals who reflect a broad involvement in colorectal cancer prevention and early detection. If your organization is interested in becoming a member of the NCCRT, please visit our Membership Overview and download an application.

We appreciate the strong, heartfelt interest many individuals feel in their desire to work toward the elimination of suffering from colorectal cancer. The NCCRT is an organization in which the membership is made up primarily of other organizations. Individual members are the exception, and we aren’t really geared toward individual advocacy efforts. While NCCRT membership is not a perfect fit for most individuals, individuals should feel free to get in touch with Member Organizations, such as, the American Cancer Society, the Colon Cancer Alliance, or Fight Colorectal Cancer, which are better suited to putting the energy of individuals to good use.

You can send a check made out to the American Cancer Society and be sure to put “National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable” in the memo line. The check should be mailed to Mary Doroshenk, MA, Director, National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, American Cancer Society, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004. Please note that we are not set up to receive online donations at this time.

If you or someone you know needs information regarding colon or rectal cancer, information may be found by exploring the resources offered by NCCRT Members. Links to organization websites are included, many of whom are specifically set up to assist those who are recently diagnosed.

If you or someone you know needs information regarding colon cancer, general information may be found by exploring the resources offered by Roundtable Members. Links to organization websites are included.

The Blue Star raises awareness about how to prevent colorectal cancer, the nation’s third-leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. The Roundtable encourages organizations to incorporate the Blue Star and the universal message that colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable, and beatable into their communications and awareness efforts. For more information on the Blue Star, click here.

The Blue Star colorectal cancer symbol is free and available for all to use. It is not necessary to seek permission to use it from the American Cancer Society or the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. We ask that you abide by the usage guidelines in order to maintain the impact of the symbol, which you attached in your email. We also ask that the symbol not be trademarked. When the blue star logo was created, the Roundtable made a business decision not to trademark the symbol with the hope that colon cancer organizations around the world would use it, and it would become like the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness and the red ribbon for AIDS awareness. You can follow the Blue Star by joining the Blue Star Group on Facebook.

You can download high resolution artwork for the Blue Star here

American Cancer Society – 1-800-227-2345; Colon Cancer Alliance at ccalliance.org Colorectal Cancer Coalition at fightcolorectalcancer.org. For bulk purchases of pins, Pennington Promotions offers Roundtable Members bulk purchase pricing, click here for more information.

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