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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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New hope for some advanced bowel cancer patients, after NICE approves drug on the NHS

Friday 14 May 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 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for patients…

New combination treatment for advanced bowel cancer patients in Scotland

Monday 10 May 2021

Today the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) announce their final recommendation for a new treatment combination for people living in Scotland, who are diagnosed with a rare form of bowel cancer.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week

Monday 10 May 2021

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (10 – 16 May 2021), we're talking about the different ways you can look after your emotional wellbeing.

High sugar-sweetened drinks linked to bowel cancer risk

Friday 7 May 2021

Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood could be linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer before the age of 50, at least in women, suggests new research published in Gut today.

Join us for Walk Together this June to help stop people dying from bowel cancer

Wednesday 21 April 2021

Registrations are now open for our annual Walk Together fundraiser this June.

We've teamed up with ITV's Lorraine to raise awareness of bowel cancer

Monday 19 April 2021

We're delighted to be working with ITV's Lorraine on the No Butts campaign, launched today during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

Tens of thousands of patients in England waiting longer than six weeks for bowel cancer tests

Thursday 15 April 2021

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

Update of surveillance guidance for people who have a higher risk of bowel cancer

Friday 9 April 2021

The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) have updated their guidance for endoscopy services during the COVID-19 pandemic for people who have a higher risk of bowel cancer.

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