My daughter died exactly two months after her diagnosis, just after she turned 39. She must have had cancer for a very long time. The five years prior to Caroline’s death, she had visited her GP on ...

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We're deeply saddened to hear the Married at First Sight dating expert Mel Schilling has died from bowel cancer. Our deepest sympathies are with Mel’s family and everyone who knew and loved her.

Lynch syndrome is a genetic condition, caused by certain gene changes (mutations), that increases the risk of some types of cancer, particularly bowel cancer. Around eight in 10 people with Lynch ...

Lynch syndrome is a genetic condition that can be passed down in families. It increases a person’s chance of getting bowel cancer and other types of cancer. Lynch syndrome is linked to around 1 in 30 ...

A third of people in the UK don't complete their bowel screening test, even though it’s one of the best ways to spot the disease early, when it's more likely to be treatable and curable. This spring, ...

Today NHS England has announced that it will lower the threshold at which home-screening kits for bowel cancer will trigger a referral for further testing. The NHS estimates that this change will lead ...

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 ...

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 ...

Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is also known as anterior resection syndrome. It’s a collection of bowel symptoms that can happen after surgery to remove all or part of your rectum. These ...

Nearly a third of bowel cancer patients experience a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology. The study looked at national ...