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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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Binge watching TV could increase bowel cancer risk in men

Friday 9 March 2018

Sitting down to binge watch more than four hours of TV over a day could increase the risk of bowel cancer in men compared to those watching less than just an hour of TV

Celebrity Chefs back Be a Star, Bake a Cake to help stop bowel cancer

Wednesday 21 February 2018

BBC One Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace, ITV This Morning’s Gino D’Acampo and ITV Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha are amongst the celebrity chefs encouraging the nation to bake their favourite cake for Be a Star,…

Unacceptable endoscopy waiting times put launch of new world-class screening programme at risk

Thursday 8 February 2018

New report on bowel cancer in Wales highlights serious delays in diagnosis and lowest survival rates in Europe

Tuesday 6 February 2018

Our new report provides the latest review of early diagnosis services for bowel cancer in Wales.

Great news! We’re now members of the Association of Medical Research Charities

Monday 5 February 2018

We’re delighted to announce that we have been accepted as a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) – a hallmark of quality research funding.

HRH Duke of Cambridge hails our merger as a success

Friday 26 January 2018

Our Chief Executive, Deborah Alsina MBE, met HRH the Duke of Cambridge at the Charity Commission’s Annual Public Meeting.

Don't miss out on the patient day in Glasgow

Wednesday 24 January 2018

If you’ve been affected by bowel cancer, don’t miss out on the chance to attend our very first Scottish Patient Day at the Queen Elizabeth Teaching and Learning Centre, Glasgow on Saturday 24 February…

Get sponsored to do 30 mins of physical activity for 30 days and help stop bowel cancer

Thursday 4 January 2018

Register your interest today to challenge yourself this year to 30 mins of physical activity every day in June and raise money to support vital research and lifesaving work to stop bowel cancer.

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