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30 moments from our 30th anniversary year

Take a look back over 2017 with us as we pick out just some of our favourite moments.

National Cancer Diagnosis Audit: Diagnosing cancer in primary care

Today, a major national audit on cancer diagnosis in primary care in England has been published in the British Journal of General Practice.

Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer are joining together to become the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity

The National Bowel Cancer Audit results

Today findings from the annual National Bowel Cancer Audit have been published.

We identify critical research gaps that could stop the UK’s second biggest killer in its tracks

Almost 332,000 people living in the UK will needlessly lose their lives to bowel cancer between now and 2035 unless urgent action is taken

NHS is failing to screen patients who are at high risk of bowel cancer

Today we, and ten leading clinical experts in bowel cancer and genetics, are calling on the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) to take responsibility for screening people with Lynch syndrome…

Cancer services in Wales continue to improve

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has today welcomed the Welsh Government’s Cancer Annual Statement, which shows continuing improvements in cancer services in the country.

NHS England confirm new screening test to be introduced in England in 2018

Today, NHS England confirmed plans to introduce a new bowel cancer screening test in 2018, which could detect more cancers earlier. The new Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) test is easier to use than the…