On Thursday 26 June 2025, Sir John Burn announced the results of the Cancer Prevention Project 3 (CaPP3) trial, a landmark study changing how we think about aspirin and cancer prevention for people ...

Bowel cancer is rising fast in under-50s. We're helping drive UK and global research to understand why — and what we can do to stop it. A worrying rise in younger adults Bowel cancer is rising rapidly ...

We’re disappointed to share the news that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has not approved the use of fruquintinib (Fruzaqla®) to treat patients with advanced bowel cancer living in Scotland.

Lead researchers: Dr Vladimir Teif and Dr Ralf Zwacka Location: University of Essex Grant award: £164,870 Dr Teif, Dr Zwacka and their team are developing a new blood test to detect early stage bowel ...

Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is also known as anterior resection syndrome. It’s a collection of bowel symptoms that can happen after surgery to remove all or part of your rectum. These ...

Types of pelvic exenteration There are different types of pelvic exenteration. Your health care team will decide the type of exenteration you need. This can depend on where the cancer is and what ...

Mr Rob Jones is a consultant surgeon based in Liverpool and the UK research lead for advanced and metastatic colorectal cancer. He's funded by Bowel Cancer UK, the Royal College of Surgeons of England ...

Lead researcher: Mr Robert Jones Location: Aintree University Hospital and University of Liverpool This partnership between Bowel Cancer UK, the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons and the ...

We're delighted to announce our groundbreaking #GetOnARoll campaign has been named Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer at the Charity Times Awards 2023. This award recognises ...

Our Chief Executive Officer Genevieve Edwards tells us more about our next five-year plan in our blog. Today marks an important milestone for us. We're launching our new five-year strategy, ' On a ...

NHS England have ended a ban on ‘treatment breaks’ for advanced bowel cancer patients, which means they can have a vital unplanned break from two drugs, without the risk of having to pay thousands of ...

Read real life storiesHayley Hayley's husband Stuart, father of five, was diagnosed with palliative bowel cancer aged 37 in October 2020. Hayley talks about how much their lives have changed since ...