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Bowel Cancer Awareness

Bowel Cancer Awareness. Claire Stephenson Health Promotion & Outreach Coordinator. We aim to save lives by: Raising awareness Campaigning for best treatment and care Providing practical support and information. What this talk will cover Symptoms Risk factors Bowel screening Signposting.

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Bowel Cancer Awareness

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  1. Bowel Cancer Awareness Claire Stephenson Health Promotion & Outreach Coordinator

  2. We aim to save lives by: • Raising awareness • Campaigning for best treatment and care • Providing practical support and information

  3. What this talk will cover • Symptoms • Risk factors • Bowel screening • Signposting

  4. Stomach Anus Small bowel Rectum The digestive system Colon Large bowel

  5. The large bowel • Part of the digestive system • Processes waste for excretion • Absorbs water from digested food and drink • Approx 1.5m long and 6.5cm wide

  6. Bowel cancer • Affects both men and women • 95% of people are over 50 • 39,990 diagnosed each year in the UK

  7. Bowel cancer • 16,259 deaths each year in the UK • Third most common cancer • Second biggest cancer killer

  8. Figures from NCIN Dec 2012

  9. If diagnosed early bowel cancer is highly treatable

  10. Checking for symptoms

  11. Symptoms • Bleeding from bottom or blood in poo • Change in bowel habit for 3 weeks or more • Extreme tiredness for no obvious reason • Unexplained weight loss • Pain and/or a lump in your belly

  12. Symptoms • You may experience one, some, all or no symptoms • Most symptoms will not be bowel cancer

  13. Risk factors • Age: 95% are over 50 • Polyps • Inflammatorybowel disease (ieCrohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis) • Family history/genetics • Type 2 Diabetes

  14. Polyps

  15. Family history • One close relative diagnosed under 50 • Or • Two close relatives on the same side of the family diagnosed at any age • Or • Cases of other forms of abdominal cancer in family (e.g. ovarian, stomach, kidney, endometrial)

  16. Risk factors to avoid

  17. Risk factors to avoid

  18. Lowering your risk: diet

  19. Lowering your risk: exercise

  20. The Bowel Screening Programme

  21. Bowel cancer screening Who is included? • 60-69 year olds • Over 70s can opt in • Registered with a GP

  22. How to access the test • Automatically sent to your home every two years • Kit is personalised so you can’t use someone else's • You can request a replacement if you lose it

  23. The Kit

  24. What happens next? Bowel Screening Centre receives kit Your samples are tested for blood

  25. Results • Negative result (0 positive samples) • Next test in two years • Unclear result (1-4 positive samples) • Repeat test • Abnormal result (5-6 positive samples) • Invited to speak to a specialist

  26. After a positive result • Appointment offered to talk about further testing by colonoscopy • A colonoscopy enables a specialist to see inside your bowel to find the cause of bleeding • Bowel examined at out-patient appointment using flexible tube with camera

  27. Bowel screening programme • success • (As at May 2011) • Over 45,467 cases of polyps • 9,361 cases of cancer

  28. Signposting • If people report one or more symptoms they should visit their GP and not wait for a kit • Screening helpline: 0800 707 6060 • www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk

  29. Signposting • Information and Support Service • 0800 8 40 35 40 • support@bowelcanceruk.org.uk • www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk

  30. Get involved! • Get fit by doing one of our runs/challenges • Nominate us for charity of the year • Hold a dress down day or cake sale at work • Donate regularly via payroll or direct debit

  31. Help us continue our work • Text BCUK05 to 70070 to donate £5

  32. Volunteer with us • Help on information stands • Give talks to community groups and workplaces • Help out at events • Volunteer in the office

  33. Thank you!www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk020 7381 9711

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