Colorectal cancer has always been associated with older patients. However, over the past decade there has been a significant increase in the number of young people being diagnosed with the condition. While the risk of developing colorectal cancer does increase as you age, more and more young people are experiencing an early onset of the…
New figures published by the NHS have revealed the impact of COVID on waiting lists for bowel cancer tests. As of February 2021, there were 91,600 people in England on the waiting list for further investigation. Almost half of these people have shockingly been waiting for over six weeks for a test. Here, we will…
The COVID 19 pandemic has caused major disruption within the healthcare sector. As hospitals across the country were forced to focus on treating virus patients, routine appointments and procedures were cut back. Cancer patients were some of the first to suffer from the disruption, with some even missing out on the crucial treatment they needed.…
Bowel cancer is a treatable disease if it is diagnosed early and screening is one of the best ways of catching it early. According to Cancer Research UK, screening produces the highest number of early stage diagnoses for bowel cancer.