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American Cancer Society Provides information on all forms of cancer and offers numerous brochures and publications for patients and healthcare professionals. Their colon cancer page helps users to answer critical questions about colon cancer.
National Cancer Institute This U.S. government site provides information on colon cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, clinical trials and supportive care.
Centers for Disease Control, Screen for Life Campaign This U.S. Government site includes a section on colorectal cancer prevention and control initiatives, including information on their Screen for Life national campaign and a host of other resources and publications.
Colorectal Cancer Network This site is hosted by a network of colon cancer survivors and their loved ones.  Support groups, listserves, chat rooms, matching list that connects newly diagnosed with long term survivors, an extensive library of colorectal cancer and other relevant links, literature, awareness pins and t-shirts are all available.
Colon Cancer Alliance The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) is an organization of colon and rectal cancer survivors, their families, caregivers, people genetically predisposed to the disease and the medical community.  They offer a variety of support services in addition to educational material.
OncologySTAT OncologySTAT is committed to providing up to date news, journal scans, chemotherapy regimens, interviews with reputable doctors and informative videos. OncologySTAT's mission is to improve worldwide cancer care and prevention by providing healthcare professionals with immediate integrated access to the most authoritative evidence-based information available.

 
 
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