IT may be April Fools Day, but bowel cancer is no joke. Through our direct experience of bowel cancer we know how devastating the UK’s second biggest cancer killer can be.
But, this need not be so. Instead of more than 16,000 people dying prematurely each year, bowel cancer could be beaten in over nine out of ten cases if people know the signs and symptoms and get diagnosed early.
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and we are asking everyone in your area to learn the signs and symptoms: – bleeding from the bottom, a persistent change in bowel habit, a pain or lump in your tummy or unexplained anaemia – if you experience any of these symptoms for three weeks or more, visit your GP. For more visit www.beatingbowelcancer.org
We urge you to protect yourselves this April; know the symptoms and act upon them.
Professor the Lord Darzi KBE; Matt Dawson MBE; Dr Chris Steele MBE – Patrons of Beating Bowel Cancer.
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