Beating bowel cancer together

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There are five true or false questions to answer. When you're done click 'next'.

Bowel cancer only affects older people *

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Bowel cancer can affect anyone regardless of your age, gender, ethnicity, or where you live. It’s most common in people over 50, but younger people can still get bowel cancer. That’s why it's important to contact your GP straight away if you have symptoms, or if things don’t feel right.

If you have a poo twice or more a day, it’s a sign of bowel cancer *

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Some people poo several times a day, and others poo twice a week. What’s important is to know what pooing habits are normal for you, and if anything changes, to contact your GP. You may be going to the toilet more often or less often than is normal for you. Your poo might be looser, softener or runnier (diarrhoea), or it might be drier and harder (constipation). You might find it difficult or painful to have a poo. Sometimes the symptoms may go and then come back.

Symptoms to look out for include:

  1. bleeding from your bottom
  2. blood in your poo
  3. changes in your pooing habits
  4. feeling tired all the time but you’re not sure why
  5. losing weight but you’re not sure
  6. a pain or lump in your tummy

Having these symptoms doesn't always mean you have bowel cancer. But it’s still important to find out what’s causing them, so contact your GP.

If you see your doctor with possible bowel cancer symptoms, you can ask for a simple test to do at home *

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If you see your doctor with possible bowel cancer symptoms you can ask for a simple test to do at home. The test looks for tiny amounts of blood in your poo and will help the doctor decide whether to refer you for further tests.

Your doctor will also ask you about your symptoms. They may ask you whether there have been any changes in your life recently, for example a change in diet or any new medicines. They’ll ask you about any family history. They may examine you and feel your stomach area (abdomen) to see if there are any lumps or tender areas, and they may also offer you a blood test.

We know it can be difficult sometimes to get a GP appointment. It’s important to keep trying so you can ask your GP for an at-home test and work out what’s causing your symptoms.

When you get a screening test in the post, you only need to take it if you have symptoms of bowel cancer *

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Bowel screening helps find bowel cancer before symptoms start. Screening can also help find polyps growing in the bowel. Polyps can become cancerous over time and screening can find them before this happens.

You’ll be sent a screening test in the post if you’re within the age range of screening and are registered with a GP.

If you have symptoms, don’t wait for a screening test. Contact your GP straight away and ask for an at-home test.

Bowel cancer is easier to treat when it’s diagnosed earlier *

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The earlier bowel cancer is spotted, the more treatable it’s likely to be. Research shows that more than 9 in 10 people survive bowel cancer when it’s diagnosed at the earliest stage.

That’s why it’s important to contact your GP straight away if you have symptoms, and to complete and return your screening test when you receive it.

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