The Nebraska Colon
Cancer Screening Program
helps men and women 50 years of
age and older make decisions
about colon cancer screening. Services may include:

• fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kit
  for at home testing
• colonoscopy
• information about healthy living

For free or low cost screening,
click here.

Resources

Colon Cancer Information:
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Cancer Information Service: http://cis.nci.nih.gov/

Colon Cancer Screening:
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Nebraska Colon Cancer Screening Program: http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/crc.aspx
Colon Health Fact Sheets:
http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/crc.aspx
General Health Fact Sheets:
http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/hew_owh_ewm_ewmfactsheets.aspx

Colon Cancer Terms (Glossaries):
http://www.ccalliance.org/what_glossary.html
http://www.jamesline.com/cancertypes/glossary/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

 

Organizations:
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Cancer Information Service: http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
American College of Gastroenterology: http://www.acg.gi.org/
Colon Cancer Alliance: http://www.ccalliance.org/
Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C3): http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/
National Cancer Institute – The National Institutes of Health: http://www.cancer.gov/

 

Resources to Address Common Concerns:
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
National Cancer Institute – The National Institutes of Health: http://www.cancer.gov/
Lance Armstrong Foundation: www.livestrong.org
National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship “Financial Issues”: http://www.canceradvocacy.org/resources/financial.html

 

Self-Help:
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Cancer Care, Inc.: http://www.cancercare.org/
Cancer Hope Network: http://www.cancerhopenetwork.org/
Coping with Cancer – The National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping