Rectal cancer

This study is using pharmacists to give out FIT tests to help find bowel cancer early.

This trial is looking at aspirin by itself and in combination with metformin as well as the food supplement called resveratrol to prevent bowel polyps.

This study is looking at using a blood sample to detect small pieces of DNA released into the blood by cancer cells.

This trial is looking at a programme to help people lose weight before surgery for bowel cancer.

This study is looking to see if gut bacteria the microbiome affects how well treatment works for certain cancers that started in the pelvis.

This trial is looking at new immunotherapy drugs to treat bowel cancer that has spread elsewhere in the body.

This study is looking at using small pieces of the DNA of bowel cancer that circulate in the blood (ctDNA) to work out whether the cancer might come back.

This trial is looking to see if having pembrolizumab before surgery improves treatment for bowel cancer that has a high risk of coming back.

This trial is looking at durvalumab with standard treatment to shrink cancer of the back passage (rectal cancer) before having surgery to remove it.

This trial is comparing the standard dose of radiotherapy with a higher dose for small cancers of the back passage (rectum).