People who require emergency bowel obstruction surgery tend to have a relatively high chance of death or complications either during surgery or shortly after. About 5% to 30% of people with small ...

Fighting bowel cancer with the bacteria Salmonella could be a step closer thanks to a new discovery by researchers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Birmingham. The use of ...

The discovery could lead to new treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and cancer. The results are ... what are known as 3D organoids: small, three-dimensional cell structures that ...

Colon cancer symptoms come in two general varieties: local symptoms (based on where the tumor is located) and systemic symptoms (involving the whole body). There is no such thing as a universally ...

FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) is a test that looks for blood in a sample of your poo. It looks for tiny traces of blood that you might not be able to see, and which could be a sign of cancer.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GIST, are the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma in the digestive tract. They typically develop in the stomach or small intestine and can vary widely in ...

Salmonella could be engineered to help fight bowel cancer after research found the bacteria stops the body's own immune cells attacking the disease. Experts have long known that salmonella ...

The discovery could lead to new treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and cancer. The results are ... what are known as 3D organoids: small, three-dimensional cell structures that ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, have identified a mechanism that could unlock the potential of bacterial therapies to fight bowel cancer.

Working in A&E, I see many tragic cases – but one of the worst is diagnosing a young person with advanced and incurable bowel cancer. This used to be a rarity. Not now. Not so long ago I saw a ...