This session will be led by Claire Coughlan, Clinical Lead at Bowel Cancer UK and Nurse Consultant in colorectal cancer at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. It'll provide an overview of colorectal ...

Training for Specialist Screening Practitioners ...

Aspirin taken daily for more than two years could reduce the risk of bowel cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has said in new draft ...

We're delighted to announce our groundbreaking #GetOnARoll campaign has been named Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer at the Charity Times Awards 2023. This award recognises ...

This month, the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), alongside the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and Public Health England (PHE)'s Bowel Cancer Screening ...

Mr Rob Jones is a consultant surgeon based in Liverpool and the UK research lead for advanced and metastatic colorectal cancer.He's funded by Bowel Cancer UK, the Royal College of Surgeons of England ...

The number of people in England waiting longer than six weeks for tests that can help to diagnose bowel cancer has increased by nearly eight-fold compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to figures ...

A new report out today shows bowel cancer costs the UK economy more than £1.7 billion (€1.9 billion) a year. The report, commissioned by Digestive Cancers Europe, calculated the cost of diagnosis and ...

Our patron, Dame Deborah James (bowelbabe), has died from bowel cancer aged 40. Everyone at Bowel Cancer UK is deeply saddened that our patron Dame Deborah James has died. Our hearts go out to Deborah ...

Our figures show the number of bowel cancer screening invitations not sent out in England have surpassed the million mark since lockdown began in March. In addition to this, around 8,500 people who ...

In 2013, NHS England began rolling out a screening test for bowel cancer for people aged 55, known as bowel scope screening. Bowel scope has been used in England alongside the home screening test, FIT ...

A new bowel cancer drug, which can double progression-free survival time for some people with advanced bowel cancer, has been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for patients in ...