Researchers from the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute in Glasgow have discovered why certain cancer-causing genes ...

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot more tumours early as part of a faster diagnosis drive. It is another win ...

Major change to bowel cancer screening as thousands more to be tested - The NHS aims to detect thousands more bowel cancer ...

NHS bowel cancer tests will be fine-tuned to spot tumours earlier. Health service labs will increase the sensitivity of the ...

For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense ...

A study on alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer has found how many drinks per week could increase your potential risk.

Colorectal cancer was the leading cause of cancer death among young people in 2023, according to the American Cancer Society.

Bowel cancer symptoms can be difficult to identify and are typically only evident during bathroom visits. Macmillan Cancer Support notes that the disease can occasionally cause a blockage, resulting ...

Thousands of people will be saved from bowel cancer under changes to the national screening programme, health officials have said.

By reducing the level at which traces of blood in a FIT test trigger further investigation – from 120 micrograms of blood per gram of poo down to 80 – the NHS will offer 35% more screening ...

Scientists studying genetic data from over a quarter million people have uncovered new clues about what controls how fast the gut moves. They identified multiple DNA regions linked to bowel movement ...

The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could ...