News related to bowel cancer

1. New bowel cancer screening campaign launched
   

   30th January 2012 - People chat about a lot of personal things, but it seems poo, toilet and bowel habits are not among them. Awareness of bowel cancer symptoms is the focus of a £4.5 million government health campaign in England called "Be Clear on Cancer". Cancer Research UK says bowel cancer is t

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2. Bowel cancer – left or right side matters
   

   8th December 2011 -The outcomes of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England after the first one million tests has found a higher than expected proportion of left sided bowel cancers. The results suggest different strategies may be needed to pick up disease on both sides of the body, as right

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3. Will eating more fibre cut your risk of bowel cancer?
   

   Diet is believed to be an important part of whether people get colon and rectal cancers. The effect of reducing the amount of red and processed meat and alcohol in the diet has been studied in depth. But we are less sure about the effect of fibre and grains. We also don’t know what types or source o

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4. Bowel screening cuts cancer deaths
   

   9th November 2011 - A bowel screening programme can reduce deaths by 27%, according to new research presented to a cancer conference. Researchers say the trial, funded by the Scottish Government Health Department, is the first to show the impact of the tests when routinely applied in the community.

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5. Aspirin 'cuts bowel cancer risk'
   

   28th October 2011 - Doctors have found many uses for aspirin over the years, beyond its use as a painkiller. Now a study has found it can help protect against hereditary bowel cancer when taken in large doses. One leading UK cancer charity has described the research as "really important". Lynch synd

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6. Eating fruit and veg cuts risk of specific bowel cancers
   

   26th September 2011 - The effects on bowel cancer of eating different types of fruit and vegetables appear to differ according to which part of the gut is affected, according to a new study. Researchers found that found that members of the brassica family of vegetables (such as brussels sprouts, cab

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7. Charity urges action on bowel cancer risks
   

   12th September 2011 - The risk of dying from bowel cancer varies significantly across the UK, according to figures published by a charity. Beating Bowel Cancer said the risk was three times as high in the worst performing area of the country compared to the best performing. It said the highest death

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8. Bowel cancer rates double in a generation
   

   27th July 2011 - The chances of a man getting bowel cancer have doubled since the 1970s, according to a leading cancer charity. The risk of developing the disease has increased from around one in 29 to around one in 15, according to figures released by Cancer Research UK. However, the figures also s

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9. Death rates after bowel cancer surgery vary by hospital
   

   Most statistics about the safety of operations come from international studies, which look at the average figures for that particular operation. But these figures can hide the variation between different countries, and even between different hospitals in the same countries. Doctors worry that giving

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10. High levels of 'good' cholesterol may cut bowel cancer risk
    

    8th March 2011 - High levels of "good" HDL  (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol seem to cut the risk of colon cancer (bowel cancer), suggests research published online in the journal Gut. The researchers base their findings on participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and

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