Training for Specialist Screening Practitioners ...

In 2013, NHS England began rolling out a screening test for bowel cancer for people aged 55, known as bowel scope screening. Bowel scope has been used in England alongside the home screening test, FIT ...

We're delighted to announce our groundbreaking #GetOnARoll campaign has been named Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer at the Charity Times Awards 2023. This award recognises ...

Aspirin taken daily for more than two years could reduce the risk of bowel cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has said in new draft ...

We urge the public to continue following the recommendation to limit red meat intake to three portions a week and reduce the amount of processed meat they eat. We, along with top health organisations ...

NHS England have ended a ban on ‘treatment breaks’ for advanced bowel cancer patients, which means they can have a vital unplanned break from two drugs, without the risk of having to pay thousands of ...

A new report out today shows bowel cancer costs the UK economy more than £1.7 billion (€1.9 billion) a year. The report, commissioned by Digestive Cancers Europe, calculated the cost of diagnosis and ...

A new study has found that increasing the sensitivity of the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) can help to identify more cases of bowel cancer, advanced polyps (non-cancerous growths) and Inflammatory ...

This partnership between Bowel Cancer UK, the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of England appointed Mr Robert Jones as the UK’s first Surgical Specialty ...

Shocking new figures show people in the UK are less likely to be diagnosed with bowel cancer at an early stage, or to live longer than five years after their diagnosis, compared with other similar ...

A new bowel cancer drug, which can double progression-free survival time for some people with advanced bowel cancer, has been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for patients in ...

Our figures show the number of bowel cancer screening invitations not sent out in England have surpassed the million mark since lockdown began in March. In addition to this, around 8,500 people who ...