Bowel Cancer campaign

During August we will be launching a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer and how the bowel cancer screening kit which is posted out to people aged between 60 and 69 can help to detect the disease in its early stages...

Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, more than 100 people are diagnosed with it every day and it is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK. However, if diagnosed at the earliest stage, research suggests over 90% of bowel cancer patients will survive the disease for more than five years. Therefore, the need to raise awareness of bowel cancer and encourage more people to complete and return their bowel cancer screening kits is very important.

Sign and Symptoms

The early signs of bowel cancer can vary and are not very clear. However, they can include:

• a change of bowel habit (diarrhoea or constipation) for more than two weeks
• bleeding from the back passage
• lasting abdominal pain/unusual lump
• loss of weight or appetite
• a feeling of not having emptied your bowel properly after a bowel motion.

Bowel problems are very common, so it is most likely that these symptoms do not mean you have cancer.

Your poo can save you

In Leeds we have developed campaign materials with the strapline 'your poo can save you'. You can download the information leaflet and business card giving you further information on the bowel cancer screening test.

If you have any of the above symptoms; get them checked out and don’t be afraid or embarrassed to speak to your GP.

Related sites

Beating Bowel Cancer

Related downloads

| Bowel cancer campaign information leaflet.pdf (1.90 MB)

| Bowel cancer campaign business card.pdf (1.67 MB)

| Bowel cancer campaign A3 poster.pdf (1.71 MB)

| Bowel cancer campaign A4 poster.pdf (1.70 MB)

| Bowel cancer screening its as easy as 123 leaflet.pdf (0.71 MB)

| Bowel cancer screening its as easy as 123 poster.pdf (0.56 MB)

| Dont Hide Your Symptoms Behind Closed Doors leaflet.pdf (0.32 MB)

| Dont Hide Your Symptoms Behind Closed Doors Poster.pdf (1.23 MB)

| Prevent and Detect Your Guide.pdf (0.48 MB)

| Detecting the Symptoms.pdf (0.78 MB)