| Bowel Cancer |
Bowel Cancer is the second commonest cancer which kills people in the UK, causing more deaths every year than breast and cervical cancer put together. Around 35,000 people will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year. Click the blue headings below for further details.
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| The facts |
| Bowel Cancer is Preventable, Treatable, Beatable. |
| Who's at risk |
| Like most cancer, it affects us as we get older - 9 out of 10 people who get it are over 50 |
| Symptoms |
| Most of us have bowel problems at some time in our lives but most symptoms do not turn out to be cancer |
| Diagnosis |
| How you are investigated depends on what's available in your hospital but you will probably need some kind of internal examination because the bowel is inside the body. |
| Questions to ask |
| Some helpful suggestions for questions you might like to ask your doctor |
| Links |
| Useful links to other sites that might help e.g. CancerBacup |
| Family history |
| Bowel cancer affects one in ten families. But that doesn't mean you're going to get it, if it is in your family. |
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| A stool sample might be useful |
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