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Our roadshow is heading to Portsmouth

Tuesday 15 April 2025

We’re excited to invite Portsmouth locals to walk inside a giant inflatable bowel, when it tours the city, to raise awareness of bowel cancer and its symptoms.

One in three adults can't name a single symptom of bowel cancer

Monday 31 March 2025

New research reveals that 35% of adults in Great Britain cannot identify a single symptom of bowel cancer – the second deadliest cancer in the UK.

Dr Damien Marmion has been named as our new Chair of Trustees

Monday 24 March 2025

Dr Damien Marmion has been appointed as Bowel Cancer UK Chair of Trustees. He takes over from Richard Anderson who stepped down from the role in March 2025

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Urgent call to Government for the Comprehensive Spending Review to deliver commitments to improve cancer survival and care

Saturday 9 October 2021

We've joined together with 51 other cancer charities, as part of One Cancer Voice, to send a united message to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Secretary of State for Health and…

The Gary Logue Colorectal Cancer Nurse Award Winners

Thursday 30 September 2021

We're delighted to announce the winners of the prestigious seventh annual Gary Logue Colorectal Cancer Nurse Awards.

Today is World Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Day

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Every year over 42,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer, with 10,000 people diagnosed at stage four. This is also known as advanced, secondary or metastatic disease, and is when the cancer…

NHS launches survey to evaluate COVID antibody levels in people with cancer

Tuesday 21 September 2021

The NHS has launched a national COVID Cancer Antibody Survey to assess antibody responses to the COVID-19 vaccines among cancer patients and is calling on people to sign up now.

Congratulations to the Gary Logue Colorectal Nurse Award finalists 2021

Thursday 16 September 2021

We are excited to announce the finalists of the prestigious seventh annual Gary Logue Colorectal Nurse Award. The award was set up in honour of Gary, a nurse who worked for our charity, who sadly passed…

SMC provides new hope for some advanced bowel cancer patients after new drug approval

Monday 13 September 2021

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 Scotland.

NHS launches world's largest trial of cancer blood test that could help diagnose bowel cancers earlier

Monday 13 September 2021

The NHS has launched the world's largest trial of a new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear.

Almost half of people needing urgent investigations for bowel cancer symptoms are waiting too long

Thursday 9 September 2021

Figures published by NHS England today show that almost half of people on an urgent referral for bowel cancer investigation were waiting longer than 28 days for a diagnosis.

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