Bowel Cancer Awareness

Advice and Information - 6 April 2023

It’s the start of #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth!

Throughout April, we’ll be raising awareness so that you #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of #BowelCancer.

What is Bowel Cancer?

Bowel cancer is also called colorectal cancer. It affects the large bowel, which is made up of the colon and rectum. 

The cells in your body normally divide and grow in a controlled way. When cancer develops, the cells change and can grow in an uncontrolled way.

Most bowel cancers develop from pre-cancerous growths, called polyps. But not all polyps develop into cancer. If your doctor finds any polyps, he or she can remove them to prevent them becoming cancerous.

Cancer cells may stay in the bowel or they might spread to other parts of the body, like the liver or lungs. 

To learn more about the risk, and symptoms visit Bowel Cancer UK

You can also test your knowledge, with the new symptoms quiz and share with a friend now.

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Blood Cancer Awareness Month 2023

You can help someone with blood cancer find a stem cell match and save their life. Register as a potential stem cell donor with the charity DKMS UK
Every September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month.

Blood cancer happens when blood cells do not develop properly.
The most common blood cancers are:
leukaemia Blood cancer
lymphoma
myeloma.
But there are also other blood cancers called:
myelodysplasia (MDS)
myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).
Understanding blood cancer can help to know more about how the blood and blood cells work.
Different types of blood cancer affect other types of cells in the blood.

How to help

You can register as a potential stem cell donor with the charity DKMS. You can help someone with blood cancer find a stem cell match - and perhaps save a life.

DKMS is an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders by creating awareness, recruiting bone marrow donors to provide a second chance at life, raising funds to match donor registration costs, and supporting the improvement of blood cancer therapies through research.






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