The three main symptoms of bowel cancer are blood in the stools, a change in bowel habit, such as more frequent, looser stools, and abdominal pain.

However, these symptoms are very common. Blood in the stools is usually caused by haemorrhoids, and a change in bowel habit or abdominal...

Prof. Ruggero De Maria

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

President of Alliance Against Cancer (ACC - Alleanza Contro il Cancro)

Prof. Vito D'Andrea

Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

Head of the “Innovazioni Tecnologiche In Chirurgia...

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...

Dr. Lidia Colace,

Department of Surgical Sciences, 

Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

Nationality: Italian

I took my bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Medicine and Surgery Faculty at "...