Research Project Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
May 29, 2020: COLONTOWN members created a protocol to help care teams understand how icing can improve quality of life for colorectal cancer patients receiving a common chemotherapy regimen. Check out our recent blog post for background on this innovative project.
Meet Erika!
April 20, 2020: Get to know PALTOWN CEO and COLONTOWN Founding Mayor Erika Hanson Brown in this interview with Natera.
New Leadership for COLONTOWN
April 10, 2020: We are proud to announce an important milestone for our colorectal cancer community, COLONTOWN. Read More
PALTOWN Voices
Icing: Patient Advocacy at Work
Sometimes, what adds value and quality to patient care may be something as small as ice chips in a bag, along with curiosity and a willingness to listen to the patient experience.
COLONTOWN participates in peer-reviewed study
COLONTOWN members provide data and inspiration for new study of young onset colorectal cancer patients.
Do you have a newsworthy story to share about our communities? Contact Trevor Maxwell.
Check out our Youtube channel for scenes from our workshops, video blogs, and more.
Listen Now: COLONTOWN's Manju George on Stat's Readout LOUD
Deputy Mayor Manju George discusses the rise of early onset colorectal cancer and potential strategies to mitigate this frightening trend. Her interview starts at 16:50 in this podcast.
Manju George
Manju is a research scientist and a rectal cancer survivor. As one of COLONTOWN's Deputy Mayors, Manju helps run the Clinical Trials groups, and manages CRC101, an educational resource for COLONTOWN members.
COLONTOWN Voices: Featured Author, Trevor Maxwell
- Trevor’s Man Up to Cancer Blog
- Finding My People in COLONTOWN, Cure, 11/22/19
- COLONTOWN connects cancer patients for support, education, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/7/19
- Communicator stepping into the world of cancer patient advocacy, Portland Press Herald, 11/7/19
Trevor Maxwell
Trevor is a writer, communications consultant, and former newspaper journalist. He is a stage IV colon cancer patient, currently on immunotherapy treatment.
For an introduction to PALTOWN’s first community, COLONTOWN and its founder, PALTOWN CEO Erika Brown, watch these brief segments from Cure:
Dr. Tom Marsilje on COLONTOWN and Clinical Trials
Dr. Tom Marsilje, a cancer researcher and colorectal cancer patient advocate, founded the clinical trials neighborhoods in COLONTOWN, PALTOWN's first patient and caregiver community. In these media pieces, Dr. Marsilje speaks about the importance of connecting patients to trials options. Dr. Marsilje passed away in the fall of 2017.
On the NBC Nightly News, 12/23/2016:
Charlie Rose, 3/9/17: Guest Host Katie Couric
COLONTOWNies in the News
Deputy Mayor Lari Johnston
COLONTOWNie and Mountain Climber Tate MacDowell