The patient's aid bowel cancer is an initiative of the Felix Burda Foundation, the Netzwerk gegen Darmkrebs and the Lebensblicke foundation. It has as its aim to generate donations in order to support bowel cancer patients in need. With a non-recurring financial support, the patient help bowel cancer helps people in emergency. Only patients with a bowel cancer are supported. The administrative work is done pro bono by the office of the Felix Burda Foundation.