Professor Lesley Smith University of Hull The number of people from the South Asian community that take part in bowel cancer screening in the UK is low, at around 30%. Professor Smith, along with ...

We're delighted to see the news that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved the use of the drug fruquintinib (Fruzaqla) for eligible advanced bowel cancer patients ...

Today, the Government has published its 10 Year Health Plan, following a consultation to shape the future of the NHS in England. The plan has detailed several key changes that the Government want to ...

We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer.

On Thursday 26 June 2025, Sir John Burn announced the results of the Cancer Prevention Project 3 (CaPP3) trial, a landmark study changing how we think about aspirin and cancer prevention for people ...

We’re campaigning to improve the diagnosis and care of people with Lynch syndrome. As part of this work, we bought together academics, clinicians, and policymakers for a roundtable discussion to make ...

If the hospital tests show cancer cells in your colon or rectum, you will need more tests to stage the cancer. This means finding out the size of the cancer, where it is and whether it has spread to ...

Provided you raise £100, we’ll send you a Bowel Cancer UK top free of charge a month before your event. Or, to ensure more of your fundraising goes towards our work, you can choose to make a donation ...

Over Christmas 2024, Adrian started experiencing mild diarrhoea. Just 12 days later, he found himself in hospital with a ruptured bowel and a bowel cancer diagnosis. Now he’s taking on the London to ...

Our campaign, Tell Your GP Instead, encouraged people experiencing key symptoms of possible bowel cancer to contact their GP to ask for an at-home test. If you notice you have any symptoms of bowel ...

Bowel cancer is rising fast in under-50s. We're helping drive UK and global research to understand why — and what we can do to stop it. A worrying rise in younger adults Bowel cancer is rising rapidly ...