People who have a certain type of bacteria in their guts may be at greater risk of developing bowel cancer.…
Gut stem cells offer clues for preventing tumours in inherited bowel cancer
'Treating pre-cancerous stem cells at an early stage could be key to preventing bowel cancer in people born with a…
More women than men diagnosed with bowel cancer as an emergency despite extra gp visits
'More than a third (34%) of women with bowel cancer in England were diagnosed after an emergency hospital visit compared…
Researchers find key to drug resistant bowel cancer
'Blocking a molecule could bypass bowel cancer’s defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research* presented at the National…
Interview with Dr Jenny Seligmann, trainee member of the NCRI Colorectal Group
'This interview was first posted in 2016. Dr Jenny Seligmann is a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Clinical Trials Fellow and medical…
Naturally high oestrogen levels may reduce women’s bowel cancer risk after menopause
'Women with naturally higher levels of the sex hormone oestrogen are more than 50 per cent less likely to develop…
Bowel screening helps to detect early cancers before they have the power to kill
'Bowel screening is detecting more cancers when they are less mature and have less aggressive biological characteristics according to new…
Bowel screening reduces cancer deaths by more than 25 per cent
'Bowel screening reduces the number of deaths from bowel cancer in Scotland by more than 25 per cent, according to…
Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
'NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from…
Poor men more likely to die from bowel cancer
'DEPRIVED men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new…
Single gene target could boost bowel cancer survival by three months
'Scientists have discovered a genetic region linked to survival in patients with advanced bowel cancer, according to a study being…