Help us to stop bowel cancer
More than 41,500 men and women are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK. That is the equivalent of someone being diagnosed every 15 minutes.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK behind breast, lung and prostate cancer.
Nearly 16,000 men and women die of bowel cancer every year in the UK.
Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, behind lung cancer.
Bowel Cancer Screening
Bowel cancer is very treatable especially if diagnosed at an early stage.
The bowel screening programme helps to spot bowel cancer before symptoms start, when it’s most treatable. A screening kit will be sent to you in the post if you’re within the age range for the screening programme and registered with a GP.
If you receive the screening kit, use it and return it.