Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the large bowel. Depending on where the cancer starts, bowel cancer is sometimes called colon or rectal cancer.

Cancer can sometimes start in the small bowel, but small bowel cancer is much rarer than large bowel cancer. Bowel cance...

When you first see your GP, they will ask about your symptoms and whether you have a family history of bowel cancer.

They will then usually carry out a simple examination of your abdomen and your bottom, known as a DRE.

This is a useful way of checking whether there are any lumps in yo...

Surgery is usually the main treatment for bowel cancer, and may be combined with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or biological treatments, depending on your particular case.

The treatments recommended for you will depend on which part of your bowel is affected and how far the cancer has spread...

Dr. Ann Pegna Zeuner,

Department of Haematology, Oncology e Molecular Medicine,

Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy

Nationality: Italian

I took my master’s degree in Scientific Communication, at the I...

Prof. Ruggero De Maria,

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery,

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Nationality: Italian

I took my bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Catania in 1989, and in 1994, I got a sp...