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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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A third of bowel cancer patients experience avoidable delay to diagnosis

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Nearly a third of bowel cancer patients experience a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology.

We launch the third podcast episode, hosted by BBC’s George Alagiah

Wednesday 4 December 2019

BBC journalist George Alagiah discusses the importance of chemotherapy to treat bowel cancer during the third episode of series two of ‘In conversation with George Alagiah: A Bowel Cancer UK podcast’.

Change of surveillance guidance for people who had had polyps removed

Thursday 28 November 2019

Today the British Society of Gastroenterology have updated their guidelines to consider the use of surveillance, or ‘check-up’ colonoscopies for people who have had polyps (pre-cancerous growths) or bowel…

We launch the second podcast episode, hosted by BBC’s George Alagiah

Wednesday 27 November 2019

BBC journalist George Alagiah discusses the importance of looking after your mental health whilst living with bowel cancer during the second episode of series two of ‘In conversation with George Alagiah:…

Fewer people are waiting for life-saving tests in Scotland

Tuesday 26 November 2019

NHS Scotland has released the country’s latest diagnostic waiting time results as of September this year.

We launch the second series of our podcast, hosted by BBC’s George Alagiah

Wednesday 20 November 2019

BBC journalist George Alagiah hosts the second series of our podcast interviewing supporters and leading experts on the disease, as well as discussing his own treatment and diagnosis.

New study shows variation in bowel cancer rates after colonoscopies in England

Thursday 14 November 2019

A new study published in The BMJ today (Thursday 14 November) shows wide variation between colonoscopy providers in England, meaning some people are having their cancers undetected or not prevented.

Researchers think some gut bacteria may increase bowel cancer risk

Monday 4 November 2019

Bacteria in the gut might influence the chance of developing bowel cancer, according to early research by the University of Bristol, presented at the National Cancer Research Institute Conference today…

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