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News items on 'Bowel Cancer'
Call for better bowel cancer care
(BBC 30/10/2009)
There are still gaps in bowel cancer surgery care, an audit suggests. The review of 41,000 cases from 2006 to 2008 showed that too many patients were still not getting access to specialist nurses and the proper tests. But the audit, led by the NHS Information Centre and specialist bowel cancer surgeons, also showed post-surgery death rates were improving. Experts welcomed the progress, but urged the NHS in England and Wales to tackle the remaining problems. Bowel cancer care is the third most common cancer and cuases about 16,000 deaths a year, predominantly in the over 60s.
(BBC 15/08/2009)
When surgeons told Ken Hunt that his bowel cancer had spread to his liver things looked very gloomy indeed. The senior surgeons of the day told Mr Hunt that they could do nothing - and that if nothing was done he would die. But a young surgeon just setting out on his career agreed to operate. And today the pair are celebrating the fact that Mr Hunt has enjoyed an extra 21 years of life that neither initially expected him to see.
(BBC 01/08/2009)
Wendy Martin had to do a lot of soul-searching when she was offered a place on a drugs trial. On the one hand Wendy, who had bowel cancer, had the chance of extra treatment, alongside her routine six months of chemotherapy. But on the other, she faced a year of potentially serious side effects. "I did a lot of soul-searching, got all the information and sat the family down and we all discussed it," she said. "My husband was concerned I might be one of the 50% that didn't get anything extra.
Early diagnosis of bowel cancer lifts survival rate
(The Scotsman 23/06/2009)
MORE than nine out of ten people diagnosed with bowel cancer in its early stages will survive, according to new figures. Improved surgical techniques are contributing to a rise in the number of people successfully battling the disease. The NCIN looked at every case of bowel cancer diagnosed in England between 1996 and 2006. Overall, there were 308,734 cases, of which 26,727 were diagnosed in the early stages. Of this latter group, 93 per cent were still alive five years later.
Green light for bowel cancer drug
(BBC 01/06/2009)
Campaigners have hailed a decision to give NHS approval for a drug which can extend life expectancy for people with advanced bowel cancer. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) reversed a previous decision to block NHS use of Erbitux on cost effectiveness grounds. It follows an agreement by maker Merck to cut the price of the drug by 16%. Erbitux will now be offered to some patients whose cancer has spread to their liver.
(BBC 25/05/2009)
George Cohen and fellow football legend Bobby Moore were friends. They were both members of the '66 cup winning squad but as well as their love of football the pair had something else in common - bowel cancer. As George Cohen approaches his 70th birthday later this year, he reflects on the cancer he survived and yet killed his team mate. "He knew I had cancer but we did not really talk about it," he said.
Bacteria fears
(BBC 13/05/2009)
A virulent strain of E.coli could be linked to the second-biggest cancer killer in the UK, a new study reveals. Scientists at Edinburgh University have found a "strong" suggestion the bacteria is able to hamper the body's fight against bowel cancer. They now hope the findings from their pilot study will lead to more research into the causes of the disease. The team studied colon cells infected with a strain of the bacteria known as enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC).
Stem cell hope for bowel cancer
(BBC 07/04/2009)
Destroying abnormal stem cells could be a way to kill off bowel cancer in its very earliest stages, say UK experts. Immature cells line the gut and normally replace and repair the tissue but malfunctions can lead to cancer. Scientists believe detecting and obliterating these rogue cancer stem cells as soon as they appear could be a potent new anti-cancer strategy [very early research].
Staff at 'higher risk' of cancer
(BBC 20/01/2009)
A chemical used to manufacture rubber may cause cancer in workers regularly exposed to it, according to a study of workers at a factory near Wrexham. Researchers found that staff at the Flexsys plant who had come into contact with MBT were twice as likely to die of large intestine and bladder cancers. They have called for more research in others groups of people exposed to MBT.
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