April has been marked as Bowel Cancer Awareness month across the UK and health experts are sounding the alarm for the public to stay vigilant about the disease's warning signs. In Scotland ...

While poo can appear different in colour and ... issues like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diverticulitis, and even cancer. If your stool is narrow it may resemble a ribbon or a pencil.

making her poo seem black in colour that she sought medical help. Following various tests she was told the devastating truth - that she had stage four bowel cancer at the age of 66. Further ...

But it is not just the colour and consistency ... issues like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diverticulitis, and even cancer. If your stool is narrow it may resemble a ribbon or a pencil.

In fact, by the time someone does flag blood in the stool, it may no longer be an "early symptom" of colon cancer. "Blood in ...

But sometimes small clumps of abnormal cells grow on the colon’s lining and turn into cancer. Colon cancer is relatively common but tricky to catch; it can only be confirmed with a colonoscopy ...

Jan. 17, 2023 — Researchers studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models and found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew ...

Almost 43,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK but only one in four Brits are able to identify the key warning signs of the disease, new research has revealed.

Blood in stool may result from bleeding in the upper or lower GI tract — and the color of the blood can ... People with a family history of bowel cancer may benefit from surveillance.

Cases of colon cancer have risen in younger people by 2% per year since 2011. GI oncologist Dr. James Cleary shared common signs and symptoms to look out for. If you have two of these symptoms at ...

a crucial time to shine a spotlight on the importance of early detection in battling bowel cancer. Frank Hinson, consultant endoscopist at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust ...

Colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer, is a cancer formed by uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine), or in the appendix. Genetic analysis shows that ...