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Read about people's experiences of bowel cancer, their symptoms, how they got a diagnosis and what treatment they went through You can also read the stories of younger people with bowel cancer and ...

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The bowel is part of your digestive system. It’s made up of the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel. The large bowel is made up of the colon and rectum. The small bowel absorbs nutrients ...

Bowel cancer starts in the large bowel. It can also be called colorectal cancer. You can find out more on this page about what bowel cancer is and how we can help support you through diagnosis, ...

Deborah shared her story with us in 2017, shortly after her bowel cancer diagnosis. Deborah became a patron of our charity in February 2021 and was awarded a Damehood on Thursday 12 May 2022. After ...

The type of surgery you have will depend on where your cancer is, what size it is and whether it has spread to other parts of the body. If your cancer has spread outside the colon or rectum, read our ...

"I unfortunately lost my lovely mum in 2019 to bowel cancer. Bowel Cancer UK is a very important charity now to ourselves and my family and we try and support as much as we can. When we were planning ...

We set up the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bowel Cancer to raise the profile of bowel cancer issues within our Westminster parliament. Over time our APPG on Bowel Cancer has done incredible ...

New research published in Lancet Oncology has shown that many patients receiving chemotherapy following surgery for bowel cancer may only need three months treatment rather than the six months ...

Pelvic exenteration is a major operation that takes out some or all of the organs inside the pelvis. The pelvis is the lower part of the stomach (abdomen) between the hip bones (pelvic bones). It ...