Bowel (colorectal) cancerBowel cancer screening campaign: Wales
To raise awareness of the NHS Wales Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test/ gFOBT), encourage more people to partici[pate.
Bowel (colorectal) cancer
Cancers of the large bowel (colon)and back passage (rectum). Also called colorectal cancer or large bowel cancer.
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Bowel cancer
A study of genetic characteristics in people under 40 with bowel cancer and their parents (SCOTTY study)
This study is for families who do not have a gene change (mutation) known to increase bowel cancer risk or a family history of bowel cancer.
Bowel cancer incidence by age
Incidence rates for bowel cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 85 to 89 (2017-2019).
Each year more than 4 in 10 (43%) of all new bowel cancer cases in the UK are diagnosed in people aged 75 and over (2017-2019).
Bowel cancer incidence by gender and UK country
There are around 44,100 new bowel cancer cases in the UK every year, that's around 120 every day (2017-2019).
Bowel cancer is the 4th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 11% of all new cancer cases (2017-2019).
In females in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer, with around 19,600 new cases every year (2017-2019).
In males in the UK, bowel cancer is the 3rd most common cancer, with around 24,500 new cases every year (2017-2019).
A trial looking at surgery or different types of radiotherapy for rectal cancer (STAR-TREC)
This trial is for people with early stage cancer of the back passage (rectum).
Chemotherapy for bowel cancer
31% of patients diagnosed with colon cancer and 42% of patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have chemotherapy as part of their primary cancer treatment.
Radiotherapy for bowel cancer
3% of patients diagnosed with colon cancer and 41% of patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have radiotherapy as part of their primary cancer treatment.
Surgery to remove the tumour for bowel cancer
66% of patients diagnosed with colon cancer and 63% of patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have surgery to remove the tumour as part of their primary cancer treatment.