While it remains the best treatment we have, I am committed to raising funds to find better alternatives and better treatments. According to Couric, she and Tartikoff chose to work with EIF because they are all very much alike. In addition, it advocates continued medical education for thousands of independent physicians who are contracted with Aetna U.S. Healthcare, reminding them to look for the signs of colorectal cancer and to encourage patient screening. As part of its national public education efforts during the month of March, the members of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores are placing five million brochures in more than 25,000 pharmacies nationwide to educate people about colorectal cancer. Mass. March 2000 is the first, annual National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, as officially designated by the U.S. Senate on November 19, 1999.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
In the U.S. alone, there are 130,200 new cases a year and 56,300 deaths a year. Both men and women are equally at risk of dying from colorectal cancer.