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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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Cancer care backlog affecting more than two million in the UK

Tuesday 2 June 2020

More than two million people in the UK with cancer, or suspected of having types of the disease including bowel cancer, could be affected by disruption caused by coronavirus, new figures show.

Nexus Business Space announce us as charity partner

Monday 1 June 2020

We’re delighted to be announced as Nexus charity of the year partner.

New research hailed as ‘promising’ for thousands with advanced bowel cancer

Friday 29 May 2020

A new drug has shown promising results in treating advanced bowel cancer in people with specific genetic changes, doubling their ‘progression free survival’ time.

New figures show delays caused by the coronavirus crisis to cancer surgery and other treatment could result in thousands of additional deaths in England

Friday 22 May 2020

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) analysed Public Health England data on delays to cancer surgery on patients’ five-year survival rates to estimate the effect of three-month or six-month…

Latest waiting time stats published

Thursday 14 May 2020

The latest monthly waiting time statistics for urgent cancer referrals have been released by NHS England today. The statistics for March show that 91.96% of patients were seen within 14 days compared to…

Step up for 30 is back!

Tuesday 5 May 2020

Registration is now open for our annual fundraising challenge Step up for 30. It’s really simple, just get active each day for 30 days throughout June and ask people to sponsor you.

Harlequins and England rugby player Joe Gray announced as our new Patron

Thursday 30 April 2020

Joe’s dad Paul passed away in March after being diagnosed with bowel cancer four years ago. Joe has just been appointed Patron of the charity, during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month this April.

Deaths in people with cancer could rise by at least 20%

Wednesday 29 April 2020

The coronavirus pandemic in England could result in at least 20% more deaths over the next 12 months in people who have been newly diagnosed with cancer, according to a new research study published today.

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