Bowel Cancer

UK cancer patients "wait too long" for treatment

More than a quarter of bowel cancer patients had to wait more than a month in 2004 to see a specialist after being referred by their family doctor, during which time around 30 percent said their condition had deteriorated.

Crohn's disease ups risk of intestinal cancer

"Patients with Crohn's disease appear to be at increased risk of both colorectal cancer and small bowel cancer," Dr. Tine Jess from Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark told Reuters Health.

Test could reduce bowel cancer rate: researcher

LONDON (Reuters) - Screening for bowel cancer with colonoscopy could reduce cases of the disease by 80 percent in people with a high risk of the illness, researchers said in a study on Tuesday.

Australia diet wizards top Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter

"The American Cancer Society and the European Cancer Society .... (are) telling us there is a really obvious relationship between increasing levels of red meat consumption and bowel cancer," Tickell told Australian television recently. "I am just presenting the facts. I am concerned Aussies need to be protected from themselves -- we are a meat-eating nation."

Bowel cancer risk higher for men with diabetes

Reuters - Having diabetes apparently raises men's risk of developing colorectal cancer, Swedish researchers report.

Study confirms red meat link with bowel cancer

LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - People who eat more than 160 grams of red or processed meat a day are 35 percent more likely to develop bowel cancer than those who eat less than 20 grams a day, according to one of the biggest nutrition investigations ever carried out.

Bowel cancer test often misses the mark in women

Reuters - When used for colorectal cancer screening in women without symptoms of the disease, flexible sigmoidoscopy will miss 65 percent of advanced colorectal lesions, a study shows.

Men Likelier Than Women to Have Bowel Cancer Test

The findings come as Britain prepares to launch a national screening program for bowel cancer next year. People over 60 will be screened using the faecal occult blood test followed, if necessary, by colonoscopy to look for early cancers and polyps.

English Cancer Patients Still Face Long Wait-Report

Only 51 percent of bowel cancer patients and 32 percent of prostate cancer patients were seen within two weeks, though these were up on the 2000 figures.