Identify and select evidence-based innovations and tools to increase quality screening
in a range of settings and populations.
2025 National Achievement Award Nominations Open
The ACS NCCRT is pleased to announce our annual call for nominations for the 80% in Every Community National Achievement Awards, a competitive recognition program that seeks to highlight colorectal cancer (CRC) screening success stories.
2024 ACS NCCRT Annual Meeting
The ACS NCCRT looks forward to gathering our members from from Wednesday, November 20 – Friday, November 22, 2024 at the Omni Fort Worth in Texas.
New Interview Blog: Unity Medical Center
In this newly published interview blog highlighting one of our 2024 ACS NCCRT 80% in Every Community National Achievement Honorees, Unity Medical Center shares how they reached 71.5% screened at their rural critical access hospital.
Colorectal Cancer Data Dashboard
We are excited to announce the release of the ACS NCCRT’s latest resource: the CRC Data Dashboard. This new mapping tool offers an interactive geospatial view of data pertaining to colorectal cancer in the United States.
America’s leading voice on colorectal cancer control
The ACS NCCRT is an inclusive accessible organization dedicated to successfully convening and engaging public, private, and civic organizations and individuals committed to colorectal cancer prevention and early detection.
Our Mission
Dedicated to reducing the incidence of and mortality from colorectal cancer in the U.S., through coordinated leadership, strategic planning, and advocacy. The ultimate goal of the ACS NCCRT is to increase the use of proven colorectal cancer screening tests among the entire population for whom screening is appropriate. Get to know our members.
80% In Every Community
Because everyone deserves to live a life free from colorectal cancer.
Over 1800 organizations have committed to work toward the goal of 80% of eligible adults being regularly screened for colorectal cancer. Our shared efforts are working. Community health clinics, health plans, employers, counties, and others are achieving 80% screening rates and higher.
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Events & Webinars
Watch this space for timely and relevant events and webinars related to emerging issues in colorectal cancer prevention, screening, and control.
By the Numbers
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. when men and women are combined,1 but it doesn’t have to be. Few preventive interventions are as reliably effective in reducing avoidable death as screening for colorectal cancer.
152,810
Estimated adults diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2024
53,010
Estimated deaths from colorectal cancer in 2024
>1 in 3
Adults ages 45+ not screened as recommended
1.54M
Men & women alive in the US with a history of colorectal cancer
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