Below are links to the latest news stories relating to bowel cancer, as well as the most recent statistics and figures for bowel cancer incidence and mortality:

Click on the links to view the documents in full:

Prevention

Beating Bowel Cancer supports 5-a-day campaign

Early Diagnosis

April 2006: Department of Health announces updates on National Screening Programme to Tackle Bowel Cancer

Treatment

11th September 2006: NICE issues updated guidance on keyhole surgery for the treatment of colorectal cancer

21st August 2006: Final Appraisal Document from NICE does not recommend Erbitux and Avastin treatments for all UK patients.

14 May 2005: Researchers Announce Addition of Oxaliplatin to 5-FU Plus Leucovorin Improves Disease-Free Survival in Patients with Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer

12 April 2005: New licence approval for 'smart pill' colon cancer treatment offers solution to reduce soaring NHS waiting times and superior efficacy - with promise to save NHS over £22 million per year


Statistics
For the latest data on bowel cancer diagnosis, survival and mortality in the UK, Cancer Research publishes regular reports.

For more detailed data by geographic region,contact the individual registries at the UKACR