Rectal cancer

Cancer of the back passage - the end of the bowel where faeces (poo) is stored before it passes out of the body when you open your bowels.

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Bowel cancer survival in the UK compared to Europe

Five-year relative survival for colon cancer in men is below the European average in England, Wales and Scotland but similar to the European average in Northern Ireland.
Five-year relative survival for colon cancer in women is below the European average in England, Wales and Scotland but similar to the European average in Northern Ireland.
Five-year relative survival for rectal cancer in men is below the European average in England and Wales but similar to the European average in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Five-year relative survival for rectal cancer in women is below the European average in England but similar to the European average in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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