CRC News: November 14, 2024
Welcome to this latest edition of CRC News, the American Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (ACS NCCRT) periodic newsletter for ACS NCCRT members and partners working toward our shared goal to reach 80% in Every Community.
ICYMI: Nominations Open for the 2025 ACS NCCRT National Achievement Awards
Awards Highlight Exemplary Efforts to Increase CRC Screening
At the end of October, the ACS NCCRT announced 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. We welcome nominations from those who have reached 80% screened for CRC, but we are also looking to recognize others who are seeing noted improvements in baseline screening rates or recognize individual champions who have made a difference through leadership or other means.
Each award winner receives a monetary award to support continued efforts to increase CRC screenings, as well as having their work highlighted throughout the next year by the ACS NCCRT on a national stage. These include speaking at our 2025 Annual Meeting and blogs highlighting the work throughout the year.
Submissions are open until Friday, December 6, at 11:59pm ET. Nominate yourself or other partners—multiple nominations are accepted!—for the 2025 ACS NCCRT’s 80% in Every Community National Achievement Awards and highlight CRC screening successes!
The American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable is Hiring
The Roundtable is Seeking a New Strategic Director
Do you have leadership experience and expertise in patient navigation? The American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable (ACS NNRT) is hiring for a new Strategic Director, who provides thought-leadership and strategic development in sustainable patient navigation programs for the ACS NNRT. As part of the larger roundtable team, this position leads the planning, implementation, and evaluation of ACS NNRT priority initiatives and projects.
Resource Spotlight: Risk Assessment and Screening Toolkit
This ACS NCCRT Resource Addresses Detecting Familial, Hereditary and Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
As the holiday season and gatherings with loved ones approach, the ACS NCCRT wants to highlight an older resource that may be top of mind for clinicians and public health professionals: our Risk Assessment and Screening Toolkit. This ACS NCCRT signature resource aims to improve the ability of primary care clinicians to systematically collect, document, and act on a family history of CRC and adenomas polyps, while also educating clinicians on the need for more timely diagnostic testing for young adults who present with alarm signs or symptoms of CRC and ensuring that those patients receive a proper diagnostic work up. It serves a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to improve operations within practices and suggests many useful resources and tools to aid these changes. Download the toolkit today or watch the recent Blue Star Conversation about it to help frame discussions with patients and renew your practice’s workflows and focus on risk assessment, and hereditary and early-age onset CRC.
Recent and Upcoming CRC-Related Opportunities
Engage with Recent CRC Content and Apply or Register for Upcoming Items
- Are you attending the 2024 ACS NCCRT Annual Meeting and missed your “Know Before You Go” email? Read it here. We can’t wait to see many of our members in Fort Worth next week! Registration is closed but slides and select session recordings will be available on our website in the coming weeks.
- The Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists is seeking an Executive Director. Visit this link to learn more or email [email protected] with questions.
- The “Food is Medicine Oncology Care Symposium” will be livestreamed on Zoom on December 5 from 9:30 AM – 4 PM ET through a partnership of the NutriCare Research Team, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School, American Cancer Society, The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Learn more and register here.
- A webinar titled “Advocacy vs. Lobbying: What’s the Difference” will be held on December 12 from 3-4 PM ET as an ACS Webinar for Cancer Coalitions. Learn more and register here.
- Registration is now open for AllyCon 2024, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance’s patient and caregiver support conference from December 12-14 in Miami Beach, Florida. Visit the registration site to learn more.
Many thanks for the great work you do!
The ACS NCCRT Team
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