How Can Advocates Improve Access to Testing, Treatment, and Trials? – Global Colon Cancer Association
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How Can Advocates Improve Access to Testing, Treatment, and Trials? – Global Colon Cancer Association

Global Colon Cancer Association shared a post on LinkedIn:

“July 29, 2026 | 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)

How can advocates help patients access the right testing, treatment options, and clinical trials?

Join the Global Colon Cancer Association for HER2 and Colorectal Cancer: What Advocates Need to Know, a webinar designed to equip advocates with practical knowledge about HER2-positive colorectal cancer and the role biomarker testing can play in guiding care.

We’re honored to be joined by:

  •  John Strickler, MD, Duke University, Co-Leader of the Precision Cancer Medicine and Investigational Therapeutics Program, Leader of the Molecular Tumor Board, and Associate Director of Clinical Research – GI Oncology
  •  Elle Charnisky, colorectal cancer advocate and participant in the MOUNTAINEER clinical trial
    Moderated by Nicole Sheahan, President of the Global Colon Cancer Association.

Attendees will learn:

  •  What HER2 is and its role in colorectal cancer
  • Why biomarker testing matters
  • How advocates can support patients in accessing biomarker testing
  • How biomarker results may help identify clinical trial opportunities
  • The patient perspective on navigating precision medicine

Register now.
Thank you to Pfizer for supporting this educational program.”

How Can Advocates Improve Access to Testing, Treatment, and Trials? - Global Colon Cancer Association

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