Sep 17, 2021
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for some adults with bowel cancer that’s spread to other parts of the body. Pembrolizumab will be made available to people with bowel...
Sep 1, 2021
Bowel Cancer UK is supporting a new phase of the NHS’s Help Us, Help You campaign which encourages people with potential bowel cancer symptoms to come forward for lifesaving checks. The campaign hopes to remind people that they should not feel like they cannot...
Jan 29, 2020
Around 1,100 people in England could miss out on the chance of an early stage bowel cancer diagnosis through screening each year because of NHS staff shortages, according to new calculations released by Cancer Research UK. “We’re concerned that NHS staff...
Aug 13, 2019
A new, easier to use bowel cancer test has led to a significant rise in screening rates in Scotland, figures have shown. For the first time uptake has risen above 60%, with the greatest rise among people living in deprived areas. Scotland has one of the highest...
May 31, 2019
Research published in the BMJ’s Gut Journal has suggested a link between Vitamin D levels at the time of bowel cancer surgery and long-term survival rates. The findings are of real importance to researchers, suggesting that Vitamin D is a modifiable risk...
