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Task Force

Task Force Mission

The Colorectal Cancer Task Force is the only statewide group in Colorado that allows peer-to-peer engagement, learning and collective action to support colorectal cancer initiatives, throughout the continuum of care.

Colorectal Cancer Task Force Successes

Partnering to Prevent Colorectal Cancer

Thank you to the Colorectal Cancer Task Force, American Cancer Society, Catch It In Time, and Surgery Center Fort Collins for hosting a free colorectal cancer screening day for uninsured patients.

Colorectal Cancer Task Force Current Work

“Links of Care” Package – Creating a toolkit of information for interested partners to facilitate discussion and set up a system for donated colonoscopies with hospital systems in Colorado.
 
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Planning – Developing communication plan and task force specific outreach and events for March to promote Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. March 2017 Media can be accessed here.

Task Force Action Plan

Goal 1: Engage with 4 employers, following the CRC Task Force mini grant application’s detailed Action Plan, to provide education to employees, adopt CRC screening policy and improve screening rates by June 2021.

Goal 2:  Enhance March (public) awareness efforts by holding 4 educational webinars/Task Force presentations, 4 media releases  (op-eds, press releases), partnering with 2 community organizations and sustain the awareness efforts throughout the year, by June 2021.

Goal 3: Improve provider knowledge around CRC screening guidelines and shared decision making – Present at provider conferences, webinars to professional organizations, procure a list of organizations to contact and who has those contacts – who will we target and how – by June 2021.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

The Personal and Financial Value of an Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening Program for Employers

CRC Awareness Month Resources 2017 – Support Groups and resources

How to get Involved

  • Get a local proclamation
  • Light blue (ribbons, clothing, social)

Member organizations

  • 365Health
  • ACS CAN
  • American Cancer Society
  • Anthem
  • Centura Hospitals
  • Colon Cancer Alliance
  • Colon Cancer Coalition
  • Colorado Colorectal Screening Program
  • Colorado Community Health Network
  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Exact Sciences
  • Fight CRC
  • Parker Adventist
  • Penrose St. Francis
  • Pfizer
  • UCHealth Family Medicine
  • University of Colorado Cancer Center
  • University of Colorado Cancer Center Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
  • Xellia

Meeting Information

This Task Force meets on the second Thursday of each month at 8 a.m.. Sign up for updates using the button below, or contact the co-Chairs.

Join the Colorectal Cancer Task Force

Task Force Meeting Minutes

Co-Chairs

Ian Kahn, Co-Chair

Ian Kahn, Co-Chair

Contact Ian

Peggy Thomas, Co-Chair

Contact Peggy

Trust Your Gut Colorado

Visit our additional website Trust Your Gut Colorado to learn more about screening locations and resources.

There are an estimated 2,130 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) each year in Colorado, but CRC is preventable and highly curable when it is diagnosed and treated at early stages – there is a 90% 5-year survival rate when caught early. The Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (CCCCP) and the CRC Task Force partnered with Catch It In Time to produce CRC Screening 101, a series of educational videos on CRC screening guidelines and considerations, with the goal of improving knowledge of CRC screening amongst providers. Please share these videos with your networks and help us get the word out about appropriate CRC screening!