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Bowel Cancer or colorectal cancer is cancer that occurs in the colon or rectum. Sometimes it is called colon cancer, for short. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States, but it doesn’t have to be.

Survival rates for people diagnosed with once-deadly cancer increase: Cancer Research UK

People diagnosed with breast, bowel and ovarian cancers and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are today twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years as those diagnosed in the early 1970s according to new figures1 released by Cancer Research UK.

12 Jul 2010

Bowel cancer screening test may be less likely to spot cancerous changes in summer: Study

A new study suggests that the test used in the Italian national bowel cancer screening programme may be less likely to spot cancerous changes in summer than it is in winter.

8 Jul 2010

Experts urge community to get behind bowel cancer screening

University of Sydney experts say around 1000 bowel cancer deaths could be prevented every year if a fully-funded, evidence-based bowel cancer screening program was implemented by the Australian Government.

5 Jul 2010

UK cancer survival rates increase at 3% each year

The number of people who are living with and beyond cancer (cancer survivors) has risen, according to new figures from the National Cancer Intelligence Network.

23 Jun 2010

Canada and New Zealand charities join international alliance in global fight against bowel cancer

UK charity Beating Bowel Cancer and Bowel Cancer Australia today welcomed the addition of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada and Beat Bowel Cancer New Zealand to the bowel cancer international alliance, Bowel Cancer International.

23 Jun 2010

Telomere length can act as stopwatch to predict progression of leukaemia: Research

Scientists have pinpointed key changes to the telomeres in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease, according to research published online in the journal Blood.

11 Jun 2010

Bevacizumab effective for treatment of wet AMD: Study

An inexpensive, but unlicensed drug to help prevent severe sight loss in older people has been shown to be safe and effective, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

11 Jun 2010

Bowel cancer – Second largest cancer killer in Australia

Bowel cancer incidence is rising at an alarming rate all over Australia. A new report shows that the highest number of bowel cancer deaths is concentrated in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

9 Jun 2010

Bowel cancer affecting more and more Australians

Bowel cancer or colon cancer was till now considered a disease that affected elderly men. Recent trends however show that it is affecting more and more Australians in a younger age group.

6 Jun 2010

Researchers identify region of DNA that may contain gene linked to progression, spread of bowel cancer

Scientists have identified a region of DNA that appears to be involved in the development of pre-cancerous bowel growths (polyps) and that may contain a gene involved in the progression of bowel cancer.

4 Jun 2010

Liver surgery improves survival in people with bowel cancer

Patients with bowel cancer that has spread to the liver and who are eligible for surgery, are around 40 per cent more likely to survive if they undergo an operation to remove the liver disease.

2 Jun 2010

Bowel cancer to cost $1 billion by 2011 – more emphasis on screening programs needed

Findings from a new study show that more and more Australians are being diagnosed with bowel cancer and costs of treatment may well touch $1 billion next year a sharp rise from the $235 million in 2001. The study says that there are more than 13,500 Australians diagnosed with bowel cancer each year.

1 Jun 2010

Cancer Research UK launches new cancer centre in Leeds

LEEDS today joins a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK.

18 May 2010

Coffee and fizzy drinks do not cause bowel cancer, says US study

People who drink even large amounts of coffee or sugar-filled fizzy drinks are unlikely to increase their risk of bowel cancer, a large US study has concluded.

10 May 2010

$Waiting too long for surgery for skull fracture, family resorts to private treatment$

Waiting too long for surgery for skull fracture, family resorts to private treatment

A Gold Coast man has been waiting for the last three years for a surgery for his fractured skull. Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas feels it is been too long a wait. He assured that Queensland Health would be happy to provide appropriate treatment.

4 May 2010

Five-minute screening test could cut risk of developing bowel cancer: Research

A five-minute screening test could cut the risk of developing bowel cancer by a third and save thousands of lives from what is the UK's second biggest cancer killer, according to new research led by Imperial College London, published today in the Lancet.

28 Apr 2010

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Survival rates for people diagnosed with once-deadly cancer increase: Cancer Research UK

Bowel cancer screening test may be less likely to spot cancerous changes in summer: Study

Experts urge community to get behind bowel cancer screening

UK cancer survival rates increase at 3% each year

Canada and New Zealand charities join international alliance in global fight against bowel cancer

Telomere length can act as stopwatch to predict progression of leukaemia: Research

Bevacizumab effective for treatment of wet AMD: Study

Bowel cancer – Second largest cancer killer in Australia

Bowel cancer affecting more and more Australians

Researchers identify region of DNA that may contain gene linked to progression, spread of bowel cancer

Liver surgery improves survival in people with bowel cancer

Bowel cancer to cost $1 billion by 2011 – more emphasis on screening programs needed

Cancer Research UK launches new cancer centre in Leeds

Coffee and fizzy drinks do not cause bowel cancer, says US study

Waiting too long for surgery for skull fracture, family resorts to private treatment

Five-minute screening test could cut risk of developing bowel cancer: Research

'Flexi-Scope' test reduces incidence of bowel cancer

Bowel cancer screening programme launched in Northern Ireland

New key-hole bowel surgery for cancer with only four days hospital stay

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