COLONTOWN: Built on Science. Powered by Community.
COLONTOWN is your private, supportive, and science-driven home for colon, rectal, and bowel cancer support and education. Created by patients and caregivers, for patients and caregivers, this one-of-a-kind platform connects you with others who truly understand what you’re going through — and empowers you with the knowledge and tools to navigate your colorectal cancer journey with confidence.
Whether you're newly diagnosed, in treatment, managing side effects, embarking on survivorship, or supporting a loved one, you’ll find people who truly understand. Here, you’re never alone — just a click away from real conversations, trusted resources, and wild support. Join us where hope meets science, and community changes everything. Get your login at colontown.org before downloading the app!
What Makes COLONTOWN Unique?
100+ Private, Interest-based Support Groups
From biomarker-specific conversations to parenting during treatment, financial and insurance navigation, and metastatic-specific support — our moderated, safe spaces ensure you’ll find people who get it. You won’t have to sift through generic advice or feel lost in a crowd.
Education That Empowers
Our library of patient-created resources helps you understand your diagnosis, treatment options, and the science behind colorectal cancer — all explained in language that makes sense. Whether you're diving into clinical trial terms or understanding side effect management, we’ve got tools to help.
Live Events with Colorectal Cancer Experts
Join real-time presentations from leading researchers, oncologists, and other clinicians and hear directly from the experts shaping the future of colorectal cancer treatment.
Up-to-Date News and Research
Stay informed with trusted updates on the latest treatments, clinical trials, and medical advances — curated with your needs in mind.
A Community Like No Other
COLONTOWN is a place where members celebrate milestones, face hard moments together, and share everything from medical wins to daily joys. A place where people understand what you’re facing because they’ve been there too.
Ready to find your people? Come home to COLONTOWN.
Why Choose COLONTOWN?
Because information alone isn’t enough. Because support groups aren’t one-size-fits-all. Because no one should have to navigate colorectal cancer alone. COLONTOWN brings together the power of evidence-based medicine and the wisdom of lived experience. Here, patients become empowered advocates. Caregivers become confident allies. And everyone has a space to be heard, supported, and informed.
Important:
To protect the privacy and safety of our community, membership in COLONTOWN starts at colontown.org. Apply there before downloading the app. Once you're in, the app makes it easy to stay connected on the go.
A Program of PALTOWN
COLONTOWN is part of PALTOWN, a nonprofit committed to building patient-led communities that turn knowledge into power and connection into hope.
